Josip Broz Tito (Josip Broz)
Tito was born into a large peasant family on May 7th, 1892 in Kumrovec. He was was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army in 1913, completed noncommissioned-officer training, and was sent as a sergeant in the war against Serbia in 1914. At the Russian front in April of 1915, he was severely wounded and captured by the Russians. After his hospitalization to recover, he was sent to a prisoner of war camp where he became subject to Bolshevik propaganda.
Throughout his career, he was secretary-general of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans and the Yugoslav People’s Army, and marshal, premier and president of Yugoslavia. Tito was the chief architect of the “second Yugoslavia,” a socialist federation that lasted from World War II until 1991.
He eventually died on May 4th, 1980 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Throughout his career, he was secretary-general of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans and the Yugoslav People’s Army, and marshal, premier and president of Yugoslavia. Tito was the chief architect of the “second Yugoslavia,” a socialist federation that lasted from World War II until 1991.
He eventually died on May 4th, 1980 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.