Vučko Ignjatović

Vučko Ignjatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вучко Игњатовић; 1909 – 26 June 1942) was a Serbian officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who was commander of the Požega Chetnik detachment during the Second World War in Yugoslavia.[1]

Vučko Ignjatović
Born1909
Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbia
Died26 June 1942(1942-06-26) (aged 32–33)
Nova Varoš, Nazi-occupied Serbia
Buried
Valjevo New Cemetery
Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Chetniks
Government of National Salvation (1941–1942)
Service/branchPožega Chetnik detachment
RankMajor
Battles/wars

During the initial phases of the uprising in Serbia in 1941, Chetniks and Partisans led joint operations against the German occupying forces but Ignjatović doubted the intentions of the Partisans. He believed them to be a paramilitary that wanted to take power through a Communist revolution. Establishing link with Milan Kalabić, Ignjatović was one of the first Chetnik officers to be legalized by allying with forces led by Milan Nedić.[2]

Ignjatović was killed by members of the Serbian Volunteer Corps in Nova Varoš in 1942.[3]

References
  1. Serbia, Vojnoistorijski institut (Belgrade (1982). The National liberation war and revolution in Yugoslavia (1941-1945): selected documents. Military History Institute of the Yugoslav People's Army. p. 137.
  2. Znaci.net article
  3. Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945: The Chetniks. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.


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