Vladimir Cukavac

General

Vladimir G. Cukavac
General; Vladimir G. Cukavac
	Cukavac in 1932
Born	29 May 1884; Valjevo, Serbia
Died	7 April 1965 (aged 80); Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Branch	Royal Yugoslav Army
Rank	Army general
Commands	5th Army
Battles / wars	1941 Invasion of Yugoslavia (POW)
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Vladimir Cukavac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Цукавац; 29 May 1884 – 7 April 1965) was a Serbian general holding the title of army general in the Royal Yugoslav Army. He commanded the 5th Army during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II.^[1] He also served as the 23rd Dean of the Academic Board of the Yugoslav Military Academy and was its chief from 1936 to 1940.

Career

Cukavac's command consisted of the Timok, Toplica, Drina, Morava and Kosovo Divisions, and Vlasnica and Kalna Detachments. The 5th Army was responsible for the Romanian and Bulgarian borders between the Iron Gates and the Greek border. ^[2]

In 1934, he was awarded the Legion of Honour.^[3]

^ Loi 1978, p. 44.
^ U.S. Army 1986, p. 37.
^ Tedenske slike (13 September 1934). "Visoko odlikovanje generala Cukavca, pg. 2" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 18 January 2018.

Loi, Salvatore (1978). Le operazioni delle unità italiane in Jugoslavia (1941–1943): narrazione, documenti [The operations of Italian units in Yugoslavia (1941–1943): narrative, documents] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Ministero della difesa (Ministry of Defence). OCLC 9194926.
U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012.

v t e Chiefs of the Military Academy (Serbia)
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	František Zach Ranko Alimpić František Zach Milojko Lešjanin František Zach Milojko Lešjanin Ljubomir Ivanović Jovan Andjelković Stevan Zdravković Milojko Lešjanin Stevan Zdravković
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Stevan Zdravković Petar Topalović Stevan Zdravković Dimitrije Đurić Petar Topalović Dimitrije Đurić Stevan Pantelić Jovan Petrović Milovan Pavlović Pavle Bošković Lazar Lazarević Leonid Solarević Mihailo Živković Mihailo Rašić
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945)	Živko Pavlović Svetomir Matić Miliovoje Nikolajević Ljubomir Pokorni Josif Kostić Sava Tripković Vladimir Cukavac Marko Mihailović Uroš Tešanović
SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)	Savo Orović Ratko Martinović Dušan Vignjević Milorad Janković Milan Šakić Franjo Herljević Đuro Dulić Bogdan Mamula Radislav Klanjšček Ilija Rašković Stojan Asprovski Slavoljub Đokić Pavle Strugar Mato Pehar Veljko Drobac
Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2003)	Momčilo Lazović Tripko Čečović Milan Karajović Momčilo Momčilović Dragan Vojinović Vidosav Kovačević
Republic of Serbia (2006–present)	Vidosav Kovačević Mladen Vuruna Goran Zeković Miroslav Talijan Bojan Zrnić Srđan Blagojević
*Acting Chief

General Vladimir G. Cukavac
Cukavac in 1932
Born	(1884-05-29)29 May 1884 Valjevo, Serbia
Died	7 April 1965(1965-04-07) (aged 80) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Branch	Royal Yugoslav Army
Rank	Army general
Commands	5th Army
Battles / wars	1941 Invasion of Yugoslavia (POW)