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Jezdimir Dangi was a Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander during World War II. Born in the town of Bratunac, he was imprisoned during World War I for his membership of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia. He subsequently completed a law degree and became an officer in the gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the beginning of 1928. In 1940 he was appointed to lead the gendarmerie detachment stationed at the Yugoslav royal palace. With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Dangi commanded the gendarmerie unit that escorted King Peter II out of the country. In August of that year, General Draa Mihailovi appointed him commander of the Chetnik forces in eastern Bosnia. Here, Dangi and his men launched several attacks against the forces of the Independent State of Croatia . In August, Dangis Chetniks captured the town of Srebrenica. Afterwards, they became largely inactive in fighting the Germans, choosing instead to avoid confrontation. In December, Chetniks under D

Jezdimir Dangi was born in the town of Bratunac onMay 1897, as one of ten children. His father Savo was a Serbian Orthodox priest and his mother was a housewife. Dangi attended high school in Tuzla and became a communist sympathizer. He was also one of the youngest members of the revolutionary organisation known as Young Bosnia . Following Gavrilo Princips assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria onJune 1914, Dangi was arrested by the AustroHungarian police because of his membership. He was tried in Biha alongside thirtytwo others in September 1915 and imprisoned foryears for participating in revolutionary activities. Dangis parents were also arrested. His father was charged with treason and sentenced to death, but his sentence was later reduced toyears imprisonment. Dangis mother was never tried, as she suffered a mental breakdown from spending several months in solitary confinement and her trial was postponed indefinitely.

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