Josip Broz Tito
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Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II, he led the Yugoslav Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in German-occupied Europe. He also served as prime minister from 2 November 1944 to 29 June 1963 and president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 14 January 1953 until his death. His political ideology and policies are known as Titoism.
Official portrait, 1961
Tito's birthplace in the village of Kumrovec, Croatia
The Uspensko-Bogorodichny monastery, where Tito recuperated from his wounds
The assassination of the Minister of the Interior, Milorad Drašković, led to the outlawing of the Communist Party.
Yugoslav Partisans
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The Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Led by Josip Broz Tito, the Partisans are considered to be Europe's most effective anti-Axis resistance movement during World War II.
To arms, everyone!, a Partisan propaganda poster
Partisan fighter Stjepan "Stevo" Filipović shouting "Death to fascism, freedom to the people!" seconds before his execution by a Serbian State Guard unit in Valjevo, occupied Yugoslavia. These words became the Partisan slogan afterwards.
Josip Broz Tito in Bihać, 1942
Sixteen blindfolded Partisan youth await execution by German forces in Smederevska Palanka, 20 August 1941