Interesting facts and figures on the Balkans in February 1942
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Ante Pavelić in Parliament |
4. 2. - The officers of the British mission Hydra, including Major Terence Atherton, have landed at Petrovac.
7. 2. - Ustasha massacre in Banja Luka suburb Drakulic, Šargovac and Motike, which is a cruel way of killing 2,300 residents of Serbian nationality.
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The British submarine HMS Thorn which arrived mission. |
12. 2. - The escape of a group of prisoners from the concentration camp at the Red Cross in Nis.
February - The pro-Communist EAM in Greece forms a guerrilla ELAS (National People's Liberation Army).
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ustasha killing civilian in the district of Banja Luka |
February - Kosovo residents get Albanian citizenship.
February - Petar Lekovic was firstly named the national hero (the order was established in August 1943, but Lekovic died already in June '42).
17. 2. - Bulgarian army carried out the massacre in Bojnik. Bojnik is a settlement in Serbia in the Jablanica district.
17. 2. - Colonel Bajo Stanisic and commander of the Italian division "Taro" achieved the first Chetnik-Italian agreement against partisans in Montenegro.
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Order of National Hero |
17. 2. - Vičeslav Vilder, via Radio London, accuses Archbishop Stepinac of "not giving a voice of condolences" at the time of the slaughter of Serbs.
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