Mihailo Apostolski

Mihailo Apostolski
Native name
Михаило Апостолски
BornNovember 8, 1906
Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire
DiedAugust 7, 1987(1987-08-07) (aged 80)
Dojran, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia;
 SFR Yugoslavia
RankColonel General
Known forCommander of the Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan detachments in Macedonia during World War II.[1]
Alma materMilitary Academy, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Spouse(s)Cveta Apostolska

Mihailo Apostolski (Macedonian: Михаило Апостолски; Bulgarian: Михаил Митев Апостолов;[2] Serbian: Михаило Митић, romanized: Mihailo Mitić;[3][page needed] November 8, 1906 – August 7, 1987) was a Macedonian general, partisan, military theoretician, politician, academic and historian. He was the commander of the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia,[1][4][page needed] colonel general of the Yugoslav People's Army, and was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

  1. ^ a b Македонска енциклопедија, том 1 (in Macedonian). Skopje: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите. 2009. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9786082030234.
  2. ^ Bulgarian Archives State Agency, Personalities; № 8: Mihail Mitev Apostolov. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Бјелајац, Миле; Трифуновић, Предраг (1997). Између војске и политике. Београд, Крушевац: Институт за новију историју Србије, Народни музеј Крушевац. ISBN 86-7005-020-X.
  4. ^ Narodni heroji Jugoslavije, Mladost, Beograd 1975.