Rudolf Perhinek was Yugoslav military officer with the rank of Captain in the Royal Yugoslav Army who, soon after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, joined Chetniks of Draza Mihailovic.
22 Facts About Rudolf Perhinek
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Rudolf Perhinek was a member of the Supreme Command of Mihailovic's Chetniks and received the rank of Major.
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Rudolf Perhinek was born on 23 June 1906 in Vipavski Kriz, Austria Hungary.
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Rudolf Perhinek's father Karel was a chief of the station.
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Rudolf Perhinek completed elementary school in Vipavski Kriz and high school in Novo Mesto where his father was transferred during the First World War.
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Rudolf Perhinek was a military adviser and one of the closest associates of Draza Mihailovic when he was a commander of the 39th Infantry Regiment in Celje, modern day Slovenia.
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Rudolf Perhinek was sentenced to 30 days of prison by the decision of Army Minister Milan Nedic because "he had intention to mislead the supreme military command to make wrong decisions".
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Rudolf Perhinek was one of former military officers of the Royal Yugoslav Army who lived in Berane.
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Rudolf Perhinek was a chief of staff of Kom detachment in Berane which was to invade Albania in case of Axis invasion of Yugoslavia.
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In June 1941 Rudolf Perhinek organized a conference of the former military officers of the Yugoslav Army in Berane, including Cemovic and Joksimovic.
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Rudolf Perhinek, then Captain, was a member of the staff of the Lim-Sandzak Chetnik Detachment.
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Rudolf Perhinek was part of Chetnik delegation that was sent to Milan Nedic on May 18 1942.
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On 15 September 1942 Rudolf Perhinek attended the conference of the commanders of corps, brigades and districts from the territory under control of the Lim-Sandzak Chetnik Detachment held in Kolasin.
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Rudolf Perhinek was in charge of reorganisation of LSCD, however despite his enthusiasm for this role, he was rather incompetent.
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Rudolf Perhinek kept his position of Mihailovic's envoy for Montenegro who is responsible for the intelligence service in Montenegro and Albania.
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On 14 September 1943 Lukacevic, Colonel Bailey and Rudolf Perhinek arrived to Berane to disarm Italian Division Venezia.
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Rudolf Perhinek was responsible to establish communication between invading German forces and Lasic.
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In November 1943, after the failure of the Operation Balkanschlucht, around 300 Chetniks from Berane and Andrijevica led by Rudolf Perhinek retreated from Montenegro to mountains Javor and Golija in Serbia.
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On 3 March 1944 Rudolf Perhinek was arrested by the Germans because in some of documents he signed, Germans and Sandzak Muslim militia were defined as enemies.
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Rudolf Perhinek had intention to return to Yugoslavia to help Mihailovic, but British officers were opposed to it so he moved to Belgium where he was accepted to Belgian Army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel until 1950 when he moved to USA.
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Rudolf Perhinek was very active member of the Sokol movement.
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Rudolf Perhinek died on 5 August 1982 in Cleveland and was buried at the Chardon cemetery.