Vlastimir Vuković in the Great War: from the Battle on Mačkov Kamen to the Salonika Front Cover Image

Властимир Вуковић у Великом рату: од Битке на Мачковом камену до преласка на Солунски фронт
Vlastimir Vuković in the Great War: from the Battle on Mačkov Kamen to the Salonika Front

Author(s): Božica Mladenović
Subject(s): Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Vlastimir Vuković; the Great War; Toplica uprising; Macedonian front; 1914–1918

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the activities of Vlastimir Vuković during the First World War, starting from the phase of homeland defence, when he, as a sixteen-year-old volunteer, participated in the Battle on Mačkov kamen, to his engagement in the resistance movement during the occupation of Serbia and Toplica uprising. The episode of carrying the letter of Kosta Vo jinović’s to the Serbian Supreme Command in Thessaloniki is described in detail. Vuković was among the three guerrillas who managed to arrive from Kopaonik to Thessaloniki and hand over a letter to Colonel Dani lo Kalafatović. The attention is also paid to the support Vuković provided to Captain Jovan Ilić and pilot Siniša Stefanović, the representatives of the Serbian Supreme Command who were supposed to establish a link with the resistance movement in Toplica and lead it at the moment of the break through of the Salonika front. The paper is mostly based on Vlastimir Vuk ović’s notes, which were compared to the ϐirst order resources on Toplica uprising and subjected to a critical analysis.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 29-38
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian
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