Bajo Stanišić
| Bajo Stanišić | |
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| Native name | Бајо Станишић |
| Born |
May 16, 1890 Vinići, Principality of Montenegro |
| Died | October 21, 1943 (aged 53) Ostrog Monastery, Italian governorate of Montenegro |
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| Years of service | 1907–43 |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Bajo Stanišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајо Станишић; 1890–1943) was a Montenegrin Serb officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who was one of the leaders of the World War II Uprising in Montenegro against the Italian occupation forces. After the suppression of the uprising, he became one of the commanders of the Chetnik units in Montenegro.
Stanišić was a member of the Supreme Command of the insurgent forces during the Uprising in Montenegro.
On 11 February 1942, after the uprising had been suppressed, Stanišić conducted a coup near Danilovgrad. On that occasion, two companies from the "Bijeli Pavle" detachment joined him. Later that month, he established the National Army of Montenegro and Herzegovina (Serbian: Народна војска Црне Горе и Херцеговине) comprising six battalions, most of which were Chetniks, and appointed himself as their commander. On 17 February and 6 March 1942, Stanišić concluded collaboration agreements with the Italian military governor, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli.
Stanišić commanded the Zeta Chetnik Detachment, and according to his agreement with the Italians, his detachment was responsible for the territories of Nikšić, Danilovgrad and Podgorica. Stanišić wanted to negotiate with Partisans but Ivan Milutinović, a commander of the Partisan forces in Montenegro, did not reply to Stanišić's offer. Shortly before his death, Stanišić proposed that Draža Mihailović soften his position toward the separatist "Greens" in Montenegro.
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