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| − | '''Tito''' was a ''nom de guerre'' adopted in the mid 1930s by Josip Broz 1892–1980) to continue his undcerground work for the communist party in the Kingdom of [[Yugoslavia]]. | + | '''Tito''' was a ''nom de guerre'' adopted in the mid 1930s by Josip Broz 1892–1980) to continue his undcerground work for the communist party in the Kingdom of [[Yugoslavia]]. It served him well when he was directing the [[partisan]] resistance to the German occupation of the [[Balkans]] (1941-1945), and was his peremanent name after that. |
| − | *He had been born to a [[Croat]] father and a [[Slovene]] mother, thus understanding some of the ethnic tensions of his country. He was conscripted into the [[Austro-Hungarian]] army during the first world war, wounded and captured by the Russians (as a sergeant) in 1915, and a prisoner of war until 1917, when the Red Guard released and recruited him. | + | *He had been born to a [[Croat]] father and a [[Slovene]] mother, thus understanding some of the ethnic tensions of his country. He was conscripted into the [[Austro-Hungarian]] army during the first world war, wounded and captured by the Russians (as a sergeant) in 1915, and a prisoner of war until 1917, when the Red Guard released and recruited him. Back in Yugoslavia, he rose to become General Secretary of the KPJ (Communist Party of Yugoslavia) in 1939. In the Party, he was a strong leftist and federalist, who rejected co-operation with right wing elements like thed [[Chetnik]]s |
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Revision as of 17:26, 20 June 2020
Tito was a nom de guerre adopted in the mid 1930s by Josip Broz 1892–1980) to continue his undcerground work for the communist party in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It served him well when he was directing the partisan resistance to the German occupation of the Balkans (1941-1945), and was his peremanent name after that.
- He had been born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother, thus understanding some of the ethnic tensions of his country. He was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army during the first world war, wounded and captured by the Russians (as a sergeant) in 1915, and a prisoner of war until 1917, when the Red Guard released and recruited him. Back in Yugoslavia, he rose to become General Secretary of the KPJ (Communist Party of Yugoslavia) in 1939. In the Party, he was a strong leftist and federalist, who rejected co-operation with right wing elements like thed Chetniks
