Arso Jovanović
Arso Jovanović | |
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Jovanović in 1943 | |
| Birth name | Arsenije Jovanović |
| Nickname | Arso |
| Born | 24 March 1907 |
| Died | 12 August 1948 (aged 41) |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia |
| Branch | Royal Yugoslav Army Yugoslav Ground Forces |
| Service years | 1924–1948 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Commands | Chief of the General Staff |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Order of Suvorov Order of Kutuzov Order of the White Lion Order of the Cross of Grunwald Order of the Yugoslav Flag Order of the Partisan Star Order of Merit for the People Order of Brotherhood and Unity Order of Bravery Order of the Yugoslav Crown |
Arsenije "Arso" Radivojev Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсо Радивојев Јовановић; 24 March 1907 – 12 August 1948) was a Yugoslav partisan general and one of the country's foremost military commanders during World War II in Yugoslavia, serving as Chief of the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav National Liberation Army.
Educated through the Royal Yugoslav Army academies, Jovanović was one of the best-educated generals among the partisan forces in Yugoslavia, speaking French, Russian and English. His military reports distinguished him, sometimes running to as many as ten pages, and he stayed close to the partisan partisan High Command, lecturing in the first partisan officer school in Drvar, 1944. After the Tito–Stalin split in 1948, Jovanović openly sided with the Soviet Union. He was killed by Yugoslav border guards while trying to escape to Romania with two other Montenegrin dissidents, Vlado Dapčević and Branko Petričević, who were captured alive.