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Petar Bojović (
Serbian:
Петар Бојовић) (born
July 16 1858 in
Miševići near
Nova Varoš, died
January 20 1945 in Belgrade) was one of four
Serbian vojvodas (
field-marshal) in
Balkan Wars and
World War I.
He fought in Serbian-Ottoman Wars from 1876 to 1878 as a cadet of the Artillery school, as well as in wars that Serbia waged at the beginning of the XX century.
In
Balkan Wars, he was the Chief of Staff of the 1st Serbian army, which scored huge success in battles of
Kumanovo,
Bitola (
First Balkan War) and
Bregalnica (
Second Balkan War). He took part in peace negotiations with Turkey, held in
London in 1913, as a military expert in the Serbian Government delegation.
In World War I, his
1st Army suffered huge losses at
Battle of Drina, but managed to stop the
Austro-Hungarian offensive. Bojović was wounded in the battle, and was replaced at the army general position by
Živojin Mišić. In January 1916, he was appointed Chief of General Staff in place of the ailing duke
Radomir Putnik, who was carried by his soldiers to the city of
Skadar. He held that position until June 1918, when he resigned because of dispute with the allied generals on the issue of widening of
Thessaloniki front. He retook the position Chief of 1st Army, which first broke the enemy lines and advanced deep into the occupied territory. He received the title of Duke on September 26, 1918 for his contribution during the war.
In 1921, he was appointed the Head of the General Staff, and 1922 he withdrawn from the active service.
At the very beginning of World War II, Petar Bojovic was appointed Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, the young King
Petar II Karađorđević. However, because of his old age, he didn't participate in the events that followed.
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