Milan Kalabić
| Milan Kalabić | |
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Kalabić in 1942
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| Native name | Милан Калабић |
| Born | 1886 Podnovlje, Derventa, Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Died | 3 October 1942 Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
| Allegiance |
 Government of National Salvation(1941–42) |
| Service/branch | Gendarmerie |
| Years of service | 1912–42 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | Serbian Volunteer Corps |
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Kingdom of Serbia
(1912–18)
Chetniks
(1941–42)
Milan Kalabić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Калабић; 1886 – 3 October 1942) was a Serbian military officer who fought in the Balkan Wars and the First World War and was involved with the Chetniks during the Second World War. He collaborated with the Serbian quisling government in the Second World War as an officer in the Serbian State Guard and the county prefect of Požarevac. He also aided the Chetniks, which would result in his execution by the Gestapo in October 1942. He was the father of Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabić.
Milan Kalabić was born in 1886 in the village of Podnovlje, near Derventa. His father, Nikola, fought in the Russo–Turkish War of 1876–78 and was involved in the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. In 1912, with the start of the First Balkan War, Milan fled to the Kingdom of Serbia and joined the Serbian Army as a volunteer. He became an officer and fought in the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War and the First World War.
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