Petаr Bojović
July 4, 1858 - Miševići (Nova Varoš) – January 19, 1945 - Belgrade
Field Marshal
Plot 6, Crypt 68 - II
Field Marshal Petar Bojović was born on July 4, 1858 in Miševići, Municipality of Nova Varoš. He was originally from the Montenegrin Clan of Vasojević. Petar Bojović had completed high school in Belgrade and enrolled to the Military Academy on October 6, 1875. He was promoted to Artillery Second Lieutenant in 1880, Calvary Lieutenant in 1883, General Staff Captain 1st Class in 1891, Infantry Colonel in 1897, General Staff Colonel in 1901, and finally to General in 1912. In January 1916, he was appointed Supreme Commander in Chief instead of at the time unwell Field Marshal Radomir Putnik. For the services rendered during this war, he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in 1918. In 1921, Field Marshal Petar Bojović was appointed the Chief of General Staff, instead of the deceased Field Marshal Živojin Mišić. He had resigned from the active military service in 1922. At the beginning of the “April War”, he was appointed Representative of the Yugoslav Royal Army Supreme Commander, i.e. the underage King Petar II. Due to old age, he did not take part in the following combat activities. Liberator of Belgrade form 1918, Petаr Bojović was beaten to death by the partisans and consequently died in January 1945. He was buried almost incognito, with no honors in the city he once helped to liberate. In the course of his long-term military career, he was especially interested in theory of military operations. In addition to the articles in military journals and magazines, he had written and published the following books: "Patrol Platoon", "Education of Soldiers", "Method for Resolving Tactical Problems", "What do we get and what can we expect from the Silent Drill Rules?”, "Defense of Kosovo Polje". Field Marshal Petar Bojović had also translated the "Combat Tactics” by Alexis Henri Brialmont.