The Serbian Field Marshals
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On the occasion of celebration the centenary of the First World War, the Serbian artist Andrej Josifovski (his artistic name is Pianist) painted a mural of gratitude to the Serbian Field Marshals (voivods).
Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847 - 1917) has participated in the First and Second Serbo-Turkish War (1876-1878), as well as in the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885). By decision of King Milan Obrenovic in 1896 he was retired. At the arrival of King Peter I Karađorđević, he was activated and appointed as the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army and was 12 years appoited at that place. Under his command, Serbia won the 1st and 2nd Balkan wars.
In spite of poor health, in the First World War, he successfully commanded the Serbian army until its withdrawal from Albania.
The monument of Field Marshal Putnik in Kragujevac.
He could not more than that. He asked King Alexander I of Karađorđević to temporarily release him from his duty to recover his health. The king accepted his request, but later he was and replaced by General Petar Bojovic. He did not know about that royal decision. This decision has humiliated and hurt him. He died in 1917 in Nice and was buried in the Russian cemetery. At the request of his officers, his remains were transferred to Belgrade in 1926.
The chapel in which the mortal remains of Vojvoda Radomir Putnik there are.
Field Marshal (Vojvoda) Živojin Mišić, also participated in the First and Second Serbo-Turkish War (1876-1878), as well as in the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885).
By the arrival of King Peter I Karadjordjevic, he was retired because he was considered to be close to the Dynasty Obrenovic. At the request of Field Marshal Radomir Putnik, in 1909 he was re-activated. Since then, he was the main assistant and deputy of the Field Marshal Radomir Putnik.
He successfully guided the Serbian army in the 1st and 2nd Balkan wars. However, after the second Balkan war, he was retired again.
Before the start of World War I it was again activated. In the First World War, he especially distinguished himself in the Kolubara battle. Some of his decisions in this battle were of crucial importance. He commanded the Serbian army on the Thessaloniki front. He died in Belgrade in 1921.
Тhe monument on the tomb of Field Marshal Misic.
Like the previous two, Field Marshal Stepa Stepanovic has participated in the Serbian-Turkish wars (1876-1878), as well as in the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885).
In the First World War, he especially was very successful in Cer's battle, when he was promoted to the rank of the voivode. Also, during the reorganization of the Serbian army in Corfu and the breakthrough at the Thessaloniki front, his role was extremely important.
All photo are mine,
Goran.