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Jovan Žižić
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Jovan Žižić
Born 1874
Died 1941 (aged 66–67)
Place of birth Drobnjak, Principality of Montenegro
Place of death Pljevlja, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Allegiance Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Years of service 1896 - 1930; 1941
Rank Commander
Commands held Drobnjačko-Uskočka divizija
Battles/wars Battle of Mojkovac, World War I

Jovan Žižić (Serbian language: Јован Жижић) (1874, Drobnjak – January 20, 1945 Pljevlja) was one of the key commanders of the Montenegrin Army in the period before and after the First World War. Žižić commanded the famed Drobnjačko-Uskočka brigade of the Montenegrin army during the Battle of Mojkovac, a sacrificial effort by the Montenegrins to stop the Austrian army and allow the safe retreat of Serbian troops towards Albania.

In 1941, the retired commander Žižić was arrested with his oldest son Milan, as a key patriot by the Italian army that occupied Montenegro during the Second World War. Following their arrest, they were both shot dead in the city of Pljevlja, without a trial.

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