Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander during World War II.
He was one of the commanders of the popular uprising against the
Italians in Montenegro in July 1941, then collaborated with the Italians
against the Yugoslav Partisans. In 1943, troops under his command
carried out several massacres against the Muslim population of Bosnia,
Herzegovina and the Sandžak and participated in an anti-Partisan
offensive alongside Italian troops. He was captured by the Germans in
May 1943, escaped and was recaptured. He was released after the Italian
surrender and began collaborating with the Germans and the Serbian
puppet government, creating the Montenegrin Volunteer Corps with German
assistance. In late 1944, he was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd Class
by the German commander in Montenegro. He was killed by elements of the
Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia near Banja Luka after
he was captured in an apparent trap. Đurišić was a very able Yugoslav
Chetnik leader, and his fighting skills were respected by his allies and
opponents alike.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavle_%C4%90uri%C5%A1i%C4%87>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1111:
Henry V, the last ruler of the Salian dynasty, was crowned Holy
Roman Emperor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor>
1813:
A "miserable" new parish church for Reculver was consecrated,
replacing a 1,144-year-old church which had been mostly demolished in
1809, despite being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon church architecture and
sculpture.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reculver>
1945:
World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces captured Vienna in
German-occupied Austria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Offensive>
1958:
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won
the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cliburn>
1984:
Indian forces launched Operation Meghdoot, a preemptive attack
on the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military
conflict with Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_conflict>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pink slime:
1. (paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring
in the slurry used in making paper.
2. (informal) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material
such as skin and connective tissue, spinal bones, and digestive tissue
by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a
food additive.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pink_slime>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Over the mountains, And over the waves, Over the fountains, And
under the graves; Over the floods that are deepest, Which do Neptune
obey; Over the rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way.
--Thomas Percy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Percy>
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