In May 1945, the Croatian Armed Forces (HOS) started to retreat towards Austria after Ante Pavelić's decision that they wouldn't defend Zagreb; however, some 10,000 soldiers led by brothers Ivan and Petar Rajkovačić decided to defend Zagreb afterall.
Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian fascist politician and leader of the Independent State of Croatia
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In 1921, fourteen Party of Rights members, including Ante Pavelić, Ivo Pilar and Milan Šufflay, were arrested in Zagreb for anti-Yugoslav activities, for their alleged contacts with the Croatian Committee that was based in Hungary at the time.
The most spectacular of these was the assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and the French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou in Marseilles in 1934, in collaboration with Ante Pavelić.
He was active in the Croatian community of Argentina, and became vice-president of the Croatian so-called "government in exile" under Ante Pavelić.
The Medal of the Crown of King Zvonimir and the Medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelić for bravery were made by the Croatian sculptor Ivo Kerdić.