Milan Blagojević Španac

Milan Blagojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Благојевић; 14 October 1905 – 28/29 October 1941), better known as Španac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шпанац; transl. The Spaniard) was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and is credited for initiating the anti-fascist struggle in Yugoslavia during World War II.[1][2] Partisan commander Milan Blagojević Španac was killed by the Chetniks in October 1941 in Požega[3][4]

Milan Blagojević
Nickname(s)	Španac
Born	October 14, 1905 Natalinci, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	October 28, 1941 (aged 36) Užička Požega, German-occupied Serbia
Allegiance	Spanish Republican Army Yugoslav Partisans
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II Yugoslav People's Liberation War  (KIA)
Awards	Order of the People's Hero

See also

• Milan Blagojević - Namenska
• Blagojević (family name)
• List of military headstamps – Yugoslavia
• Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

References

1. Zbornik narodnih heroja Jugoslavije. Belgrade: NIP Omladina. 1958. Retrieved 21 October 2017. (in Serbo-Croatian)
2. Aleš Bebler (1961). Naši Španci: zbornik fotografija i dokumenata o učešću jugoslovenskih dobrovoljaca u španskom ratu 1936-1939. Španski borci Jugoslavije. (in Serbo-Croatian)
3. Goran Marković; (2014) Četnici i antifašizam (Chetniks and anti-fascism, in Serbian) p. 183; Hereticus Časopis za preispitivanje proslosti Vol. XII, No. l-2; {Četnici su u pojedinim incidentima ubijali partizanske borce i rukovodioce, a naročito je poznat slučaj ubistva partizanskog komandanta Milana Blagojevića Španca, kojeg su četnici izveli iz voza kojim se vraćao u svoj odred i ubili..Chetniks killed partisan fighters and leaders in some incidents, and the case of the murder of Partisan commander Milan Blagojevic is especially well-known, he was taken out of the train by the Chetniks on his way back to his detachment and killed.}
4. Политика(Politika); (05.04.2015) Sud rehabilitovao streljanog zbog ubistva Milana Blagojevića(in serbian) (The court rehabilitated the person shot for the murder of Milan Blagojevic) { po zvaničnim podacima ubijenog od četničke ruke oktobra 1941. godine u Požegi..according to official data, killed by Chetniks in October 1941 in Požega}