Rade Korda | |
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Native name | Раде Корда |
Born | Tutiće village in Bijelo Polje county (present-day Sjenica county) |
Died | April 1945 Bosnia |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Rank | |
Unit | The Giljeva Chetnik Detachment |
Battles/wars |
Rade Korda (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Корда), or Rade Kordić (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Кордић), was a Serb gendarmerie sergeant and Chetnik commander (vojvoda, војвода) in the Bijelo Polje region (present-day Montenegro) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.[1] After the Sandžak Muslim militia burned houses of Serbs living in villages around Giljeva mountain during the July 1941 uprising in Montenegro, Korda became involved in a struggle with Muslims.[2] He became an influential Chetnik commander in the regions of Bijelo Polje and Sjenica, which opposed the Chetniks' anticommunist policy.[3]
Korda was nominally under the Chetnik command from Nova Varoš and Major Glišić until 1943 (when he came under the command of Pavle Đurišić), but was an independent commander of Chetnik forces from Serb villages between Bijelo Polje and Sjenica. The Giljeva Chetnik Detachment, established and commanded by Korda, had 300–600 men.