Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Трифуновић-Бирчанин; 1877 – 3 February 1943) was a Serbian Chetnik military commander (vojvoda, војвода). He took part in the Balkan Wars and World War I and afterwards served as the president of the Association of Serb Chetniks for Freedom and the Fatherland in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In the spring of 1942, he was appointed by Mihailović as the commander of Chetniks in Dalmatia, Herzegovina, western Bosnia and southwestern Croatia. He died in Split on 3 February 1943, having suffered from poor health for a considerable period of time.
vojvoda Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin | |
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In Chetnik gear, 1907 | |
| Native name | Илија Трифуновић-Бирчанин |
| Born | 1877 Topola, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | 3 February 1943 (aged 64/65) Split, Kingdom of Italy |
| Allegiance | Chetniks (1906–43) Kingdom of Italy (1941–43) |
| Years of service | 1912–18 1941–43 |
| Rank | vojvoda |
| Commands held | Chetnik movement in Dalmatia and the Independent State of Croatia, including Herzegovina and western Bosnia |
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