Đorđije Lašić
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Đorđe Lašić (first from right)
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| Native name | Ђорђије Лашић |
| Born | 5 May 1906 |
| Died | 5 May 1944 (aged 38) |
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| Years of service | 1924–43 |
| Rank | Major |
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Đorđe Lašić or Đorđije Lašić (1906 – 1944) was a Montenegrin Serb military officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army. During the Second World War he participated in the 1941 Uprising in Montenegro as one of the main adviser and instructor of insurgents' forces, and later in collaboration with Axis occupation until his death in 1944.
Lašić was born in village of Kami near Andrijevica, Principality of Montenegro. He completed his primary education in Lijeva Rijeka. He started his secondary education in Berane Gymnasium, but due to his bad financial situation he left school in 1918 and enrolled in military school in Ćuprija which he completed in 1922.
At the beginning of June 1941 he met with the other officers of Royal Yugoslav Army to discuss potential actions against the occupying Axis forces in Montenegro.
According to Cavallero, most of the insurgent forces were led by former officers of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia until the end of October 1941. During preparation for uprising in Montenegro, CPY came in touch with active and reserve officers of the former Yugoslav army, because there were many young people in the ranks of the insurgents who did not know how to handle a firearm. Thus Lašić became a member of the communist Military Committee for Andrijevica. When Albanian quisling units started to concentrate toward the liberated territory, Lašić was co-opted in the District Military Command. Lašić often spoke out against the communist leadership of the uprising. The leadership itself didn't have illusion of a prolonged cooperation with Lašić, but they were trying not to aggravate relations with him until the rebels liberate Plav and Gusinje. When the Italian army began its offensive against the rebels, Lašić on 4 August abandoned his position in partisan District Military Command and joined the anti-communist group of Ljubo Vuksanović, who opposed further struggle against Axis occupation. After partisan withdrawal from Berane and Andrijevica in early August, Lašić was a member of the delegation sent to meet the Italian army. On 5 September Lašić in Lijeva Rijeka gathered people and called for combat against communist rebels.
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