Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980)
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Josip Broz Tito was a Yugoslav revolutionary who led the communist resistance during World War II and then governed Yugoslavia as its president from 1945 until his death in 1980. He matters because he shaped modern Yugoslavia into an independent communist state that maintained a unique position between the Soviet Union and the West during the Cold War.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 209
Top works
- Spisi
- Tito na Kosovu
- Josip Broz Tito
- Iugoslavskaia vneshniaia politika
- Govor pretsednika Titu u novom mestu prilikom otvaranja autoputa Ljubljana , Zagreb, 23.XI.1958
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Acting · Kumrovec, Croatia
Josip Broz (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II, he was the leader of the Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied Europe. He also served as the president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 14…
Known for
- Koki, Ciao2025
- Shadows of Yugoslavia — Self (archive footage)2024
- Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny — Self (archive footage)2024
- Houston, We Have a Problem! — Self (archive footage)2016
- Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body — Himself2013
Article
Josip Broz (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (/ˈtiːtoʊ/ TEE-toh), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until his death in 1980. He was the longtime leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II, and was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. The political ideology and policies associated with his rule are known as Titoism.
Tito was born in Kumrovec in present-day Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Drafted into military service, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest sergeant major in the Austro-Hungarian Army. After being wounded and captured by the Russians during World War I, he was sent to a work camp in the Ural Mountains. Tito participated in the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War. Upon his return to the Balkans in 1920, he entered the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Having assumed control over the party by 1937, Tito became its general secretary in 1939 and led it until his death. During World War II, after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he led the Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Partisans (1941–1945), often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in German-occupied Europe. By the end of 1943, the Partisans, with the Allies' backing, took power in Yugoslavia.