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2 unusual facts about Koča Popović


Koča Popović

Popović was among the founders of FK Partizan Belgrade, the football section of the Yugoslav Sports Association Partizan.

After the surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army to the German Army in April 1941, Popović organised the Kosmaj detachment during the rising in Serbia.


Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

In fact, four members of the International brigades that fought on the Republican side ended up commanding the four armies of the Partisan Liberation Army that fought the Nazis in World War II: Koča Popović, Peko Dapčević, Kosta Nađ and Petar Drapšin.


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