Milutin Nedić

General Milutin Nedić
Native name	Милутин Недић
Born	26 October 1882 Sopot, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	1945 (aged 63) Allied-occupied Austria
Allegiance	Serbia (1901–18)  Yugoslavia (1918–41)
Service/branch	Serbian Army Royal Yugoslav Army
Years of service	1901–1941
Rank	General
Commands held	Royal Yugoslav Army 2nd Army Group
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars World War I World War II
Relations	Milan Nedić (brother)

Milutin Nedić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Недић; 26 October 1882 – 1945) was a general and Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army prior to the outbreak of World War II. He was replaced in late 1938, and later commanded the 2nd Army Group during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II. Nedić's command consisted of General Milan Rađenković's 1st Army, responsible for the area between the Danube and the Tisza, and the 2nd Army of General Dragoslav Miljković, responsible for the border from Slatina to the Danube. Nedić had no Army Group reserve, but the 2nd Army was to constitute a reserve of one infantry division deployed south of Slavonski Brod.

Milutin Nedić was born in the Belgrade suburb of Sopot on 26 October 1882, to Đorde and Pelagia Nedić (née Ilić). His was an old revolutionary family. His brother Milan would go on to have a long military career lasting until World War II. Nedić's father was a district chief and his mother was a schoolteacher. She was the granddaughter of Nikola Mihailović, who was mentioned in the writings of poet Sima Milutinović Sarajlija and served as an ally to the revolutionary leader Karađorđe. The Nedić family was originally from the village of Zaoka, near Lazarevac. It traced its origins to two brothers, Damjan and Gligorije, who had defended the Čokešina Monastery from the Turks during the Serbian Revolution. The family received its surname from Nedić's great-grandmother Neda, who was a member of the Vasojevići tribe of Montenegro.

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