Kosta Nađ

Kosta Nađ

Born	May 13, 1911 Petrovaradin, Austria-Hungary
Died	November 19, 1986(1986-11-19) (aged 75) Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Yugoslav People's Army
Years of service	1941 - 1974
Rank	General of the Army
Battles/wars	Spanish civil war World War II
Awards	Order of Freedom Order of the National Hero

Konstantin "Kosta" Nađ (Hun. Nagy Kosztá, Petrovaradin May 13, 1911 – Belgrade November 19, 1986) was an Army general in the Yugoslav National Liberation Army (YNLA), founded after the invasion of Yugoslavia in World War II.

Nađ was born in Petrovaradin, in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, and also played a prominent part in the Yugoslav People's Liberation War. His 3rd Army advanced through Yugoslavia and into Austria before the war ended.

Nađ was president of the Yugoslav Partisans' veteran association from 1974 to 1981. He died in Belgrade.

Commands

General Officer Commanding I Bosnian Corps - 1942 to 1943
General Officer Commanding III Corps - 1943 to 1944
General Officer Commanding 1st Army - 1945
General Officer Commanding 3rd Army - 1945

Resistance in Yugoslavia

Partisans

Partisan commanders	Josip Broz Tito Milovan Đilas Aleksandar Ranković Kosta Nađ Peko Dapčević Koča Popović Petar Drapšin Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo Arso Jovanović Sava Kovačević Ivan Gošnjak

Chetniks (marginal resistance)

Chetnik commanders	Draža Mihailović (marginal resistance)

Yugoslav people in World War II

Partisans	Josip Broz Tito Milovan Đilas Aleksandar Ranković Kosta Nađ Peko Dapčević Koča Popović Petar Drapšin Svetozar Vukmanović Arso Jovanović Sava Kovačević Ivan Gošnjak Franc Rozman

Chetniks	Draža Mihailović Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Dobroslav Jevđević Pavle Đurišić Momčilo Đujić Nikola Kalabić Vojislav Lukačević Petar Baćović Jezdimir Dangić

Germany	Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Löhr Edmund Glaise-Horstenau Artur Phleps Franz Böhme Paul Bader Lothar Rendulic Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig

Italy	Mario Roatta Alessandro Pirzio Biroli

Albania	Xhafer Deva Rexhep Mitrovica Xhem Hasa Gajur Deralla Aćif Hadžiahmetović

Croatia	Ante Pavelić Dido Kvaternik Mladen Lorković

Serbia	Milan Nedić Dimitrije Ljotić Kosta Pećanac Kosta Mušicki

Montenegro	Sekula Drljević

Slovenia	Leon Rupnik

see also World War II in Yugoslavia and Factions in the Yugoslav Front

President of the Federation of Veterans Associations of the People’s Liberation War of Yugoslavia

Josip Broz Tito (1947-1951)
Aleksandar Ranković (1951-1963)
Đuro Pucar (1963-1969)
Čedo Kapor (1969-1974)
Kosta Nađ (1974-1981)
Mito Dimitrijevski (1981-1982)
Vladimir Šćekić (1982-1983)
Bojan Polak (1983-1984)
Ilija Đukić (1984-1985)
Mihailo Švabić (1985-1986)
Rudi Kolak (1986-1987)
Bogdan Pecotić (1987-1988)
Petar Matić Dule (1988)
Milan Pribić (1988-1989)
Risto Džunov (1989-1990)
Radomir Vukosavović (1990-1991)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 28477135

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