Kosta Nađ

Kosta Nađ

Born	13 May 1911 Petrovaradin, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia)
Died	19 November 1986(1986-11-19) (aged 75) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Yugoslav People's Army
Years of service	1941–74
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 (Hungarian: Nagy Kosztá; 13 May 1911 – 19 November 1986) was a Yugoslav Partisan Army general that fought during World War II.

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. 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 74.

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)

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 (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	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 Peko Dapčević Carmelo Delgado Delgado Charles Donnelly Bob Doyle Petar Drapšin Frank Edwards Leo Eloesser Moe Fishman John Gates Jason Gurney William Herrick Robert Hilliard Jack Jones Robert Klonsky Oliver Law Laurie Lee Maurice Levitas Yank Levy Alex McDade Kosta Nađ Conlon Nancarrow George Nathan Steve Nelson Michael O'Riordan Thomas Patten Will Paynter Koča Popović Harry Wayland Randall 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 League of Communists 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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 28477135

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