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Owing to his humble background and habit of disdain for the privileges of rank, Kovačević was one of the most popular
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1428:Categories
1279:Mijo Babić
1269:Mile Budak
1147:Paul Bader
1094:Karl Novak
907:Partisans
738:Yugoslavia
734:Resistance
630:. c. 1973.
536:References
411:Montenegro
274:occupation
254:After the
230:Early life
220:divisional
110:Allegiance
76:Montenegro
65:1905-01-25
1216:Xhem Hasa
1000:Chetniks
941:Kosta Nađ
782:Kosta Nađ
752:Partisans
511:folk song
403:Vojvodina
342:commissar
327:, on the
321:Tjentište
240:communism
123:1941–1943
1404:see also
1194:Albania
1108:Germany
837:Chetniks
692:10 March
652:27 April
424:Sutjeska
397:. Also,
395:Palilula
217:Partisan
214:Yugoslav
138:Commands
505:) and "
338:Neretva
317:Krekovi
280:of the
271:Italian
236:Grahovo
173:†
132:Colonel
92:Krekovi
1166:Italy
606:
586:(1979)
488:Lastva
305:Konjic
301:Prozor
256:German
186:Awards
169:
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484:]
450:Notes
407:Tivat
391:Zemun
358:Serbs
319:near
258:-led
100:(now
1411:and
694:2023
654:2022
604:ISBN
472:and
393:and
260:Axis
128:Rank
82:Died
72:Nudo
59:Born
736:in
501:" (
315:at
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