Dane Stojanović

Dane Stojanović
Dane Stojanović with other commanders in Bitola, 1908. He is seen standing in the centre, with a light hat.
BornKrapa, Makedonski Brod, Prilep kaza, Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia)
DiedYugoslavia
Allegiance
  • Serbian Chetnik Organization (1904–1908)
  • Kingdom of Serbia Serbian Army (1912–13)
Years of service1904–13
RankVoivode (Vojvoda)
Battles/warsMacedonian Struggle
Balkan Wars

Danilo "Dane" Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дане Стојановић, fl. 1904–18) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia (1904–08), who also participated in the Balkan Wars (1912–13). He was also known as Dane Krapče.

Life

Stojanović was born in Krapa, a village in the Makedonski Brod municipality, at the time part of the Prilep kaza of the Ottoman Empire (now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia). He joined the cheta (band) of Gligor Sokolović. Upon the murder of Sokolović by Turks on July 30, 1910, Stojanović succeeded as the band's commander. He participated in the Balkan Wars. In the First Balkan War, he was at the front of the Chetnik detachments and fought at Kumanovo and Bitola.

See also

Sources

  • Društvo "Sveti Sava" (2009). "BRATSTVO XIII" (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-04. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Memoari: 1898-1912 (in Serbian). Kultura. ISBN 9788678010132.
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With the outbreak of the First Balkan War (1912), the organization was put under the supervision of the Serbian Army (see Chetniks in the Balkan Wars)