Radojica Perišić
Radojica Perišić | |
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| Native name | Радојица Перишић |
| Born | 1906 Kazanci, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | April 1945 Lijevče Polje, Independent State of Croatia, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Branch | Chetniks |
| Rank | voivode |
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Radojica Perišić (1906 — April 1945) was a Serbian priest and Chetnik leader and one of the main leaders of the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina during the World War II. Perišić was born in Kazanci 1906. During the World War II he was commander of the Chetnik Gacko Brigade. Perišić was killed by Ustaše in April 1945. The post-war communist historiography intentionally ignored the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina because it would contradict the communist narrative about rebels being led by communists. In the period after the Fall of the Berlin Wall Gacko municipality proclaimed 6 June as their holiday in honor of the beginning of the uprising and held public ceremonies on 6 June as the Day of Gacko.