Dragoljub M. Dinić

Dragoljub M. Dinić (born August 31, 1881 , † January 20, 1966 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian general and Yugoslav major general, professor and writer.

Dinić was a participant in the Balkan Wars and the First World War . Promoted to brigadier general on June 28, 1927, he was professor in weapons technology at the Military Academy in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Belgrade from 1926 to 1937. Under his authorship, among other things, the textbook of the military academy for military technology was published in 1936. After the Second World War he was reactivated from 1945 to 1946 as a professor at the Military Academy of the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army , where he taught at the Infantry School (Pešadijsko vojno učilište).

Dinić was the recipient of all the highest military awards in Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Involved in the liberation of the so-called Old Serbia and in the occupation of Albania , the description of the military campaign to capture northern Albania and the operations between Prizren and Durazzo provided insights into the war and the euphoric and patriotic impressions of the Serbian soldiers during the “liberation of Kosovo ".

career

Dragoljub Dinić was born on August 31st in Kragujevac. He was the son of Mijajla and Stevane Dinić. He finished the 7-year high school in Kragujevac. After finishing the military academy in Kragujevac he served here as a non-commissioned officer (Vodnik) until 1906 . From 1906 he was assigned to the powder magazine Obiličevo in preparation for the technical artillery officer . He completed the actual two-semester training at the technical faculty in Ghent, Belgium . First in Obiličevo in 1908, he became a non-commissioned officer in the Car Lazar infantry regiment ( pešadijski puk ), and from 1909 he served in the XIX infantry regiment until the First Balkan War. Before the war he had attended the infantry school in Ripanj .

1912-1918

Albanian expedition

In the First Balkan War Dinić was in command of the XIX. Infantry regiment in the Podujevo and Pristina regions involved in the fighting. As deputy chief of staff of the Shumadin-Albanian Department, the latter marched through Albania and was involved in the fighting around Lezha . In Durrës he was staff commander of the department, then commander of the 2nd battalion of the XIX. Regiment between Durrës and Kumanovo .

During the Second Balkan War Dinić was with the XIX. Infantry regiment involved in the fighting on the Zletovska reka, Kriva Palanka and Kiselice and Gramadi. Cited by the Supreme Army Command, he was suggested for an early promotion to major. During the Albanian uprising in 1913, Dinić was appointed as a commander in the XIX. Infantry regiment deployed in the border region around Lake Ohrid and Struga. On September 13, 1913, he was wounded in these fighting.

The impressions of the war, written down from a patriotic point of view, portray the view of the Serbian soldiers in the "Liberation of Kosovo" with patriotic words:

"After the revenge for the blackbird field and the solemn entry of the troops of the Šumadin Division into the Tsar's city of Prizren, our 19th unit marched in the main streets of Prizren [...] during an icy wind [...] snow and a harsh winter in the sight of Mitrovdan ( October 26 according to the Julian calendar). "

- Dragoljub M. Dinić : Sa Šumadijskim Albanskim Odredom, 1912., Prizren-Drač

Dinić described the euphoria and atmosphere among the soldiers in the tenor of revenge on the Ottoman Empire and reparation for the defeat of 1389 :

"The officers and soldiers are beaming with the very fresh impressions of the solemn victory ... everyone is overjoyed and proud ... and our proud hawks, guided by the Star of Prophecy and the Star Karađordes (note: military order), first heard shortly afterwards had lowered their wings around Prizren, the loud slogan: "Go to the sea, to the Adriatic!" , he also described the wider territorial ambitions: The descendants of the Serbs who had been defeated on the blackbird field are now as if they had come down from heaven ... and want to cross the Albanian ridges and snow-covered Alps, over the bandits Nests of the Arnauts (note synonymous with the Skipetars) pull the knightly bridge of Serbia to the Adriatic. "

First World War

In the battles of the First World War 1914-1915 Dinić was commander of the Second Battalion of the XII. Infantry regiment of the Shumadin Division (Šumadijska Divizija I. Poziva) of the First Serbian Army. He was involved in all battles in the division. In the battle of Cer , the Divioson had to seal off the Austrian bridgehead at Šabac . Furthermore, Dinić was involved in the battles for Lazarevac, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka, Belgrade and Blace. On October 11, 1915, he was slightly wounded near Smederevska Palanka, and on November 1, 1915, he suffered a serious wound in the fighting of the Serbian army in retreat near Blace. With that he got into German captivity. In 1916 he was exchanged as a severe war invalid and came to Rome and Paris for rehabilitation . In 1917, Dinić formed the First Yugoslav Battalion of American Volunteers as a commander in Marseille . In 1917 and 1918 he was also the head of the Serbian Prisoner of War Section. During his stay in Paris, he studied political science at the Ecole liber des sciences politiques .

1919-1941

After his demobilization, Dragoljub Dinić commanded the Kragujevac military district for five years. After a shorter retirement of two and a half months, he was reactivated and had been at the military academy from 1924 (since 1926 as a professor), teaching military technology. In 1924 he became the personal senior adjutant of King Alexander I. In his university career, Dinić published books on military technology but also on officer training ( Pešadijski posetnik , 1904, Savremena ratna tehnika , 1920 and 1928, Poznavanje naoružanja , 1937). He was the founder of the magazine Vojni Vesnik (1920-1940) and editor of Vojničkog Glasnika (1928-1937). In addition, Dinić also ran as a member of the war veterans and war invalids in Skupština.

family

Dragoljub Dinić was married to Stojka Dinić (nee Mijalković) and had four children (Ljubica, Stevka, Milanka and Vojislav). His daughter Ljubica Cikovac (born March 1, 1910 in Kragujevac ; † September 9, 1981 in Munich ), was married to the Serbian Guard Captain and British Major Pavle Cikovac (born August 27, 1907 in Ruma ; † June 15, 1991 in Munich) .

Dragoljub's brother, Milivoje (1887–1918), was the well-known officer and Vojvode Mirče od Preševa . Milivoje was on the Balkan front at breakthrough on the First World War Kajmakčalan involved. On September 30, he led the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Yugoslav Volunteer Division in the battle of the Kajmakčalan , which his division ultimately took against the Bulgarians , in the operation around the strategically highest point of the Macedonian Front, the summit of Kajmakčalan (2521 m) could. Milivoje Dinić died during operations in the breakthrough of the Macedonian Front between September 15 and 18, 1918 and is buried in the Allied military cemetery Zeitenlik (row 108) in Thessaloniki .

Awards

Dinić was awarded all orders of King Peter I , the medal for military skills, the gold medal for bravery, the Karađorđe star with swords III. and IV. stage, the Order of Saint Sava IV. and III. Stage, the Order of the White Eagle V and IV. Stage, the Order of the Yugoslav Crown III. 1st stage, the Czechoslovak gold medal with lion and swords and the Polish Unification Medal.

Works

• with Miloš Obradović: Pešadijski potsetnik , Kragujevac 1904
• Pred sutrašnjem ratom , Beograd 1906
• Opasnost od Pangemanizma , Kragujevac 1912
• Atlas i kratko uputstvo za upotrebu topografskog ključa , Kragujevac 1912
• Savremena ratna tehnika , Kragujevac 1920
• Prvi put kroz Albaniju sa šumadijskim albanskim odredom 1912. Prizren-Drač , Kragujevac 1922
• Vaspitanje i disciplina , Kragujevac 1923
• Savremena ratna tehnika ca naoružanjem vojske Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca i njenih suseda , Belgrade 1928
• Atlas za nauku o oružju , Belgrade 1928
• Nauka o oružju , Belgrade 1930
• Poznavanje naoružanja Kraljevine Jugoslavije i njenih suseda , Belgrade 1936
• Moderno naoružanje , Belgrade 1938,
• Eksplozivi , Belgrade 1939

Individual evidence

1. ↑ V. Ivetić: Dragoljub M. Dinić In: Čedomir Popov (ed.): Srpski Biografski Rečnik. 3, DZ, Novi Sad, 2007
2. ↑ Vojna enciklopedija , 2nd edition., 1978, vol. 2, p. 445.
3. ^ Dragoljub M. Dinić: Prvi put kroz Albaniju - sa Šumadijskom albanskim odredom 1912: Prizren-Drač . Stamparija Sumadija, Kragujevac
4. ^ Tomislav C. Vlahović, 1990: Vitezovi Karađorđeve Zvezde ca Mačevima . Mapredak, Aranđelovac, p. 206
5. ^ Tomislav C. Vlahović, 1990: Vitezovi Karađorđeve Zvezde ca Mačevima . Mapredak, Aranđelovac, p. 207
6. ↑ Kosta Novaković : Četiri meseca u srednjoj Albaniji . In: Časopis za kritiko znanosti , 1989, volume 17, issue 126, p. 135, Ljubljana. [1]
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Srbija i Albanci . In: Časopis za kritiko znanosti , 1989, volume 17, issue 126  
8. ↑ ibid Kosta Novakovic, p. 135 [2]
9. ^ Tomislav C. Vlahović, 1990: Vitezovi Karađorđeve Zvezde ca Mačevima . Mapredak, Aranđelovac, p. 207
10. ↑ V. Ivetić: Dragoljub M. Dinić , p 287
11. ↑ Vojna Enciklopedija, Drugo izdanje, 2, Brdo-Foa, Belgrade. P. 445
12. ↑ Milie S. Bjelajac, 2004: Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941 . Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije, Belgrade. P. 144
13. ↑ Rane sa Drine Vecernje novosti, 27. September 2006
14. ↑ Večernje Novosti, September 27, 2006. Rane sa Drine [3]
15. ^ Petar Opačić, 1979: Solunski Front - Zejtinlik . Jugoslovenska Revija, Beograd. P. 136
16. ^ Tomislav C. Vlahović, 1990: Vitezovi Karađorđeve Zvezde ca Mačevima . Mapredak, Aranđelovac, p. 207