Dušan Simović

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human military officer politician prime minister

Dušan Simović was a Yugoslav general and politician who led the 1941 coup d'état against the pro-Axis government and briefly served as prime minister during the German invasion of Yugoslavia in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Dušan Simović canonical 5
Dušan Simić 1
Simović 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
alliedWith Allies of World War II ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Yugoslavia
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Serbia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Serbs ⓘ
familyName Dušan Simović self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Simović
givenName Stefan Dušan ⓘ
surface form: Dušan
historicalRegion Balkans ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Yugoslav Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
movement Yugoslav government-in-exile ⓘ
nativeLanguage Serbian ⓘ
notableEvent German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ
surface form: Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941
notableFact his coup d'état reversed Yugoslavia’s accession to the Tripartite Pact shortly before the Axis invasion ⓘ
served as a leading figure in the Yugoslav government-in-exile after the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia ⓘ
notableFor forming a new Yugoslav government shortly before the Axis invasion in April 1941 ⓘ
overthrowing the pro-Axis Yugoslav regency in March 1941 ⓘ
notableRole head of government of Yugoslavia during the initial phase of the German invasion ⓘ
leader of the 1941 Yugoslav coup d'état ⓘ
notableWork leadership of the 27 March 1941 coup d'état in Yugoslavia ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposed Tripartite Pact ⓘ
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) ⓘ
surface form: pro-Axis Yugoslav government of Dragiša Cvetković
opposedBy Fascist Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
participatedIn German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ
surface form: Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941
politicalAlignment pro-Allied ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army

Minister of War of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia ⓘ
sphereOfActivity military ⓘ
politics ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German invasion of Yugoslavia → YugoslavCommander → Dušan Simović ⓘ
Dragiša Cvetković → successor → Dušan Simović ⓘ
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 → ledBy → Dušan Simović ⓘ
April War → commander → Dušan Simović ⓘ
Dušan Simović → familyName → Dušan Simović self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simović
27 March coup → ledBy → Dušan Simović ⓘ
Charles Simic → birthName → Dušan Simović ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dušan Simić