Kumrovec, Croatia, birthplace of Tito. The statue in honor of Marshal Tito.
May 7, 2012 is the 120 th anniversary of the birth of Tito. He was born in Kumrovec, a little village of was born as the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. He was Secretary-General (later President) of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939–80), and went on to lead the World War II Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Yugoslav Partisans (1941–45). After the war, he was the Prime Minister (1943–63) and later President (1953–80) of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). From 1943 to his death in 1980, he held the rank of Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). With a highly favourable reputation abroad in both Cold War blocs, Josip Broz Tito received some 98 foreign decorations, including the Legion of Honour, and the Order of the Bath.
Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: Kumrovec, Croatia
Photo credit: © Ferdinando Piezzi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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