Petar Gračanin

Who was Petar Gračanin?

Petar Gračanin - Serbian military commander.

In July 1941 he joined the Yugoslav Partisans. After the formation of the 2nd Proletarian Brigade, in March 1942, at first he was a member and later the commander of a battalion. He was promoted to his first military rank in 1943. In April 1944 he was wounded and transferred to Italy. In 1945, he became Chief of Staff in OZNA for Morava administrative center. A year later in 1946 he became commander of a tank brigade, Chief of Staff, deputy commander of an armored division and Chief of Staff of School center armored-mechanic units.

He graduated at the military аcademy.

As Federal Secretary of the People's Defense, he was chief of the section, and chief of staff of the section for personal authority. In the 7th Army he was chief of staff and deputy commander. He was also chief of staff of the Command-headquarters academy, and later he was assigned as commander of the 1st Army. He was chosen as a member of the CP SKJ in 1978 and 1982. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1970, Lieutenant General in 1974, and Colonel General in 1978.