Rade Korda, or Rade Kordic, was a Serb gendarmerie sergeant and Chetnik commander in the Bijelo Polje region in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
12 Facts About Rade Korda
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Rade Korda became an influential Chetnik commander in the regions of Bijelo Polje and Sjenica, which opposed the Chetniks' anticommunist policy.
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Rade Korda was nominally under the Chetnik command from Nova Varos and Major Glisic until 1943, but was an independent commander of Chetnik forces from Serb villages between Bijelo Polje and Sjenica.
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Rade Korda was born in Tutice village in Bijelo Polje county and completed elementary school.
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At the beginning of World War II in Yugoslavia, Rade Korda organized and led a detachment of Serbs in Bare to protect their villages from newly-established pro-Croat and pro-Albanian authorities in Sjenica under the command of Major Milos Glisic.
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At the beginning of September 1941 Rade Korda killed Sukra Pilica, commander of Muslim militia in the hamlet of Zaklopaca in Bare, Sjenica.
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In November 1941, after the rebellion was suppressed, Rade Korda was elected regional commander and later established and commanded the Giljevo Chetnik Detachment.
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Rade Korda controlled several small villages from a headquarters in a cave near a hilltop.
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Some sources say that Rade Korda opposed to Chetniks' anticommunist policy, and Axis occupation forces in Montenegro blamed him for protecting communists in his region.
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Rade Korda's men tried to take village of Resova, where many Muslim refugees were sheltered, however due to strong Italian and Muslim crew in the village attack was easily repelled.
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In February 1943 Italians warned Rade Korda to stop disrupting peace, as he was seen as one of the main troublemakers in the region alongside Osman Rastoder.
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Poetry such as "Three thousand with black beards led by Korda Rade" has been written in honor of Korda, sometimes accompanied by a gusle.