Jezdimir Dangić
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Major Jezdimir Dangić |
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| Native name | Јездимир Дангић |
| Nickname(s) | Jezda King of Romanija |
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4 May 1897 Bratunac, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 22 August 1947 (aged 50) Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
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| Service/branch | Gendarmerie |
| Years of service | 1928–44 |
| Rank | Major |
| Commands held | Gendarmerie detachment of the Yugoslav royal palace Mountain Staff of the Bosnian Chetnik Detachments |
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| Awards |
 Order of the Star of Karađorđe
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Jezdimir Dangić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јездимир Дангић; 4 May 1897 – 22 August 1947) was a Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander during World War II. Born in the town of Bratunac, he was imprisoned during World War I for his membership of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia. He subsequently completed a law degree and became an officer in the gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the beginning of 1928. In 1940 he was appointed to lead the gendarmerie detachment stationed at the Yugoslav royal palace. With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Dangić commanded the gendarmerie unit that escorted King Peter II out of the country. In August of that year, General Draža Mihailović appointed him commander of the Chetnik forces in eastern Bosnia. Here, Dangić and his men launched several attacks against the forces of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). In August, Dangić's Chetniks captured the town of Srebrenica. Afterwards, they became largely inactive in fighting the Germans, choosing instead to avoid confrontation. In December, Chetniks under Dangić's command massacred hundreds of Bosnian Muslims in the town of Goražde. In December, his Chetniks captured five nuns and took them with them through Romanija to Goražde, where they later committed suicide to avoid being raped.
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