Milutin Morača

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Milutin Morača
Milutin Morača circa 1944
Born	7 July 1914 Stekerovci, Bosnia and Hezegovina, Austro-Hungary
Died	17 December 2003 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Allegiance	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Years of service	1941–?
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	4th Krajina Assault Brigade 5th Krajina Division
Battles/wars	World War II in Yugoslavia: Invasion of Yugoslavia Drvar uprising Operation Weiss Belgrade Operation Syrmian Front

Milutin Morača (Serbian: Милутин Морача; 7 July 1914 – 17 December 2003) was a Yugoslav partisan, general of Yugoslav People's Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. His brother , was historian and also a partisan.

Prior to World War II, his family settled in village Žednik near Subotica, where Milutin, as law student, joined then illegal Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He was mobilized in Royal Yugoslav Army after Yugoslav coup d'état. After Yugoslav defeat in April War, he was captured by Hungarian army, but he was soon released and, as colonist, he was to forced return in his birth area. There he joined local communist in their preparation for uprising against Independent State of Croatia and Axis occupation.

Between May 1943 and January 1945, he was commander of 5th Krajina Division. He led the division during Belgrade Operation. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the First Army of the NOVJ in 1945, and during the breakthrough of the Syrmian Front, he directly commanded the Northern Group of Divisions.

After World War II, Morača held various high posts in Yugoslav People's Army, Federal Executive Council and federal and republic parliaments.

Sources[]

• Lukač, Dušan (1967). Ustanak u Bosanskoj Krajini [Uprising in the Bosnian Krajina] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Vojnoizdavački Zavod. OCLC 494388127.