Ljubo Novaković
Brigadier General Ljubo Novaković | |
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| Native name | Љубо Новаковић |
| Born | 12 July 1883 Bijela Stijena, Principality of Montenegro |
| Died | Late 1943 (aged c. 60) German occupied territory of Montenegro |
| Allegiance | Principality of Montenegro (1902–1910) Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918) Yugoslavia (1918–1943) Chetniks (1941–1943) |
| Years of service | 1912–1943 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles / wars | First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I World War II |
| Relations | Zaharije Ostojić (brother-in-law) |
Ljubo Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубо Новаковић; 1883–1943) was a Montenegrin officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander during World War II. He initially fought for the Chetniks of Draža Mihailović and those of Kosta Pećanac, but became disillusioned with both movements. He went to eastern Bosnia in late 1941, and raised Chetnik bands to fight Yugoslav Partisans there. He was captured by the Partisans in January 1942 and taken to Foča, where he was kept under constant surveillance. Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito likely believed that Novaković could be used to counteract Mihailović's influence among Chetniks in eastern Bosnia. Novaković left Foča with a British mission in April 1942 and returned to Montenegro with the intention of reassembling the disorganized Chetnik formations there. He was killed in late 1943, either by the Partisans or Mihailović's Chetniks.