Aleksandar Berić
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Aleksandar Berić was a Yugoslav naval officer who was killed during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941.
A bust of Berić in Belegiš
Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 sank Drava near Čib on the morning of 12 April 1941
Royal Yugoslav Navy
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The Royal Navy, commonly known as the Royal Yugoslav Navy, was the naval warfare service branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was brought into existence in 1921, and initially consisted of a few fo
Aleksandar Berić
…naval officer who was killed during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. During the 1930s, Berić served in various capacities aboard several Royal Yugoslav Navy vessels. In December 1940, he was appointed as the captain of the river monitor Drava. On 6 and 8 April 1941, during the Axis invasion of his country…
Eight 250t-class torpedo boats were transferred to the Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in March 1921
The river monitor Vardar underway
The first major acquisition of the navy was the light cruiser Dalmacija (right)
The flotilla leader Dubrovnik (left) at the Bay of Kotor