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Milunka Savić

Milunka Savić

1890–1973

Nationality
Serbia
Occupation
military personnel

Milunka Savić CMG (Serbian Cyrillic: Милунка Савић; 28 June 1892 – 5 October 1973) was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Banjica concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Banjica concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Milunka Savić CMG (Serbian Cyrillic: Милунка Савић; 28 June 1892 – 5 October 1973) was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the history of human warfare. She was wounded in battle nine times, and because of her immense courage and leadership, the French called her the "Serbian Joan of Arc".

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