Milan Blagojević Španac

NicknameŠpanac

Born(1905-10-14)October 14, 1905

Natalinci, Kingdom of Serbia

DiedOctober 28, 1941(1941-10-28) (aged 36)

Užička Požega, German-occupied Serbia

Allegiance Spanish Republican Army
Yugoslav Partisans

Milan Blagojević
Nickname	Španac
Born	(1905-10-14)October 14, 1905 Natalinci, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	October 28, 1941(1941-10-28) (aged 36) Užička Požega, German-occupied Serbia
Allegiance	Spanish Republican Army Yugoslav Partisans
Conflicts	Spanish Civil War World War II Yugoslav People's Liberation War  (KIA)
Awards	Order of the People's Hero

Milan Blagojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Благојевић; 14 October 1905 – 28/29 October 1941), better known as Španac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шпанац; transl. The Spaniard) was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and is credited for initiating the anti-fascist struggle in Yugoslavia during World War II.^[1][2] Partisan commander Milan Blagojević Španac was killed by the Chetniks in October 1941 in Požega.^[3][4]