Dane Stojanović

Dane Stojanović
Dane Stojanović with other commanders in Bitola, 1908. He is seen standing in the centre, with a light hat.
Born	Krapa, Makedonski Brod, Prilep kaza, Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia)
Died	Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Serbian Chetnik Organization (1904–1908) Serbian Army (1912–13)
Years of service	1904–13
Rank	Voivode (Vojvoda)
Battles / wars	Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars

Danilo "Dane" Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дане Стојановић, fl. 1904–18) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia (1904–08), who also participated in the Balkan Wars (1912–13). He was also known as Dane Krapče.

Life

Stojanović was born in Krapa, a village in the Makedonski Brod municipality, at the time part of the Prilep kaza of the Ottoman Empire (now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia). He joined the cheta (band) of Gligor Sokolović. Upon the murder of Sokolović by Turks on July 30, 1910, Stojanović succeeded as the band's commander. He participated in the Balkan Wars. In the First Balkan War, he was at the front of the Chetnik detachments and fought at Kumanovo and Bitola.

See also

• List of Chetnik voivodes
• Trenko Rujanović
• Tasa Konević

Sources

• Društvo "Sveti Sava" (2009). "BRATSTVO XIII" (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-04. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Memoari: 1898-1912 (in Serbian). Kultura. ISBN 9788678010132.