Kosta Nađ

Order of Freedom
Order of the National Hero

Konstantin "Kosta" Nađ (Hungarian: Nagy Kosztá; 13 May 1911 – 19 November 1986) was a Yugoslav Partisan army general who commanded Partisan units during World War II in Yugoslavia, primarily in and around the Vojvodina region.^[1]

Biography

Born on 13 May 1911 in Petrovaradin, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, he fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), and also played a prominent part in the Yugoslav People's Liberation War. ^{[citation needed]}

His 3rd Army advanced through Yugoslavia and into Austria before the war ended. He was president of the Yugoslav Partisans' veteran association from 1974 to 1981. He died in Belgrade on 19 November 1986, aged 75.^{[citation needed]}

Commands

He held the following duties:^[2]

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

References

^ Bajić, Predrag (9 May 2020). "Човек који је објавио крај Другог светског рата у Европи" [The Man Who Announced the End of World War II in Europe] (in Serbian). Museum of Vojvodina. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Kosta Nađ". generals.dk.

Resistance in Yugoslavia

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

Chetniks (marginal resistance)
Chetnik commanders	Draža Mihailović (marginal resistance)

v t e Key people of World War II in Yugoslavia
Partisans	Josip Broz Tito Moša Pijade Milovan Đilas Aleksandar Ranković Kosta Nađ Peko Dapčević Koča Popović Petar Drapšin Svetozar Vukmanović Arso Jovanović Sava Kovačević Ivan Gošnjak Boris Kidrič Franc Rozman Mihajlo Apostolski
Chetniks	Draža Mihailović Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Dobroslav Jevđević Pavle Đurišić Momčilo Đujić Nikola Kalabić Vuk Kalaitović Dragutin Keserović Vojislav Lukačević Petar Baćović Jezdimir Dangić Zaharije Ostojić Velimir Piletić Dragoslav Račić Zvonimir Vučković Predrag Raković Karl Novak
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
Independent State of Croatia	Ante Pavelić Slavko Kvaternik Dido Kvaternik Mladen Lorković Mile Budak Vjekoslav Luburić Mijo Babić Andrija Artuković
German-occupied territory of Serbia	Milan Nedić Dimitrije Ljotić Kosta Pećanac Kosta Mušicki Miodrag Damjanović Milan Aćimović Dragi Jovanović
Italian governorate of Montenegro	Sekula Drljević Blažo Đukanović
Province of Ljubljana	Leon Rupnik Ernest Peterlin
see also World War II in Yugoslavia and Factions in the Yugoslav Front

v t e 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)

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)

v t e XV International Brigade – Abraham Lincoln
Commanders	János Gálicz (Jan–Feb 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Feb–Jul 1937) Klaus Becker (Jul–Aug 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Aug 1937–Mar 1938) Robert Hale Merriman (Mar–Apr 1938) Vladimir Ćopić (Apr–May 1938) José Antonio Valledor Álvarez [es] (May–Sep 1938)
Battalions	British Battalion Lincoln Battalion (incl. American Medical Bureau & Connolly Column) Dimitrov Battalion Sixth of February Battalion 24 Battalion Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion Washington Battalion
People	William Aalto Bernard Ades Bill Alexander Edward K. Barsky James Walker Benét Alvah Bessie Delmer Berg Herman Bottcher Edward A. Carter Jr. Christopher Caudwell Lewis Clive Morris Cohen Fred Copeman John Cornford Jock Cunningham Peter Daly Peko Dapčević Carmelo Delgado Delgado Charles Donnelly Bob Doyle Petar Drapšin Frank Edwards Leo Eloesser Moe Fishman Hugh Garner John Gates David Guest Jason Gurney William Herrick Robert Hilliard Jack Jones Salaria Kea Robert Klonsky Oliver Law Laurie Lee Maurice Levitas Yank Levy Matti Mattson Alex McDade Kosta Nađ Conlon Nancarrow George Nathan Steve Nelson Paddy O'Daire John O'Reilly Michael O'Riordan Thomas Patten Will Paynter Koča Popović Harry Wayland Randall Patrick Read Esmond Romilly Frank Ryan Alfred Sherman George Sossenko Stephen Spender Wally Tapsell Robert G. Thompson Tom Wintringham Milton Wolff
Political parties	Communist Party USA Communist Party of Great Britain Communist Party of Canada Communist Party of Ireland Republican Congress Communist Party of Yugoslavia Communist Party of Cuba
Related	International Brigades Communist International Yankee Squadron International Brigade Memorial Trust Jarama Valley Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Viva la Quinta Brigada Jewish volunteers Yugoslav volunteers Irish volunteers Yugoslav Partisans Atomic spies Smith Act