Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Milorad Petrović/archive1

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Senj

Kranj

Virovitica

Maribor

Varaždin

Slatina

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The 1st Army Group was deployed along the border from Senj on the Adriatic coast to Kranj in the Julian Alps then Maribor and down to Virovitica.

Milorad Petrović (1882–1981) was a lieutenant general in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 1st Army Group during World War II. He was commissioned into the Royal Serbian Army in 1901 and served in staff positions during the Balkan Wars and the Serbian Campaign of World War I. After the 27 March 1941 Yugoslav coup d'état he was appointed to command the 1st Army Group, responsible for the northern borders of Yugoslavia with Italy, Germany and Hungary (deployment map shown). His formations were only partially mobilised when the German-led invasion of Yugoslavia began on 6 April. Significant fifth column activities affected the Yugoslav units from the outset. On 10 April, two determined armoured thrusts by the Germans caused the 1st Army Group to disintegrate, and the following day Petrović was captured by fifth columnists. He was soon handed over to the Germans and spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. (Full article...)

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 21:29, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Could have sworn the image was free ... I'll be back in a couple of hours. Let me know if you find a free image. - Dank (push to talk) 00:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC)