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Svetozar Boroević

1856 - 1920

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Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (or Borojević) (13 December 1856 – 23 May 1920) was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War. He commanded Austro-Hungarian forces in the Isonzo front, for which he was nicknamed the "Lion of Isonzo". For his service during the First World War, Boroević rose to the rank of Feldmarschall before the end of the war in 1918, becoming the first and only Austro-Hungarian field marshal of South Slavic descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Svetozar Boroević is the 294th most popular military personnel (down from 277th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Military Personnel.

Svetozar Boroević is most famous for being a Serbian general who led the Yugoslav Army in the First World War.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Svetozar Boroević ranks 294 out of 2,058. Before him are Italo Gariboldi, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Titus Labienus, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Maurice Benyovszky, and Reinhard Gehlen. After him are Qutayba ibn Muslim, Yermak Timofeyevich, François Achille Bazaine, Vasily Stalin, Ernest King, and Tōgō Heihachirō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Svetozar Boroević ranks 19. Before him are Georgi Plekhanov, Robert Peary, Ivan Franko, Émile Picard, Robert Nivelle, and Henry Morgenthau Sr.. After him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak, L. Frank Baum, Frank B. Kellogg, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, and Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. Among people deceased in 1920, Svetozar Boroević ranks 15. Before him are Robert Peary, Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and Rosalia Lombardo. After him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Inessa Armand, Essad Pasha Toptani, John Reed, and Jeanne Hébuterne.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Svetozar Boroević ranks 22 out of 700. Before him are Joanna II of Naples (1373), Frano Selak (1929), Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Luka Modrić (1985), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), and Crispus (305). After him are Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Mario Andretti (1940), Alida Valli (1921), Georg von Trapp (1880), Davor Šuker (1968), and Miroslav Krleža (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Croatia

Among military personnels born in Croatia, Svetozar Boroević ranks 2. Before him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63). After him are Georg von Trapp (1880), Omar Pasha (1806), Ante Gotovina (1955), Viktor Pavičić (1898), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Janko Bobetko (1919), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Mile Mrkšić (1947), Jure Francetić (1912), and Stjepan Sarkotić (1858).

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