Veselin Misita (Serbian Cyrillic: ÃÂõÃÂõûøý ÃÂøÃÂøÃÂð; 19 March 1904 â 31 August 1941) was a Serb military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army during World War II.
Misita is best known for leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941 in which he was killed. Loznica became the first city in Europe liberated of fascists in August 1941.
Misita was killed while leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941. Historian Branko PetranoviÃÂ argues that Misita carried out this action in order to pre-empt a Partisan attack on Loznica.
The Royal Yugoslav government-in-exile in London posthumously promoted Veselin Misita, regarded as the first insurgent, to the rank of colonel and awarded him the Order of the KaraÃÂorÃÂeâÂÂs Star.
Josip Broz Tito's biographer Vladimir Dedijer described Misita's death as a great loss for the uprising. On 31 August 2008, the deputy speaker of the Serbian National Assembly, Boà ¾idar Deliàof the Serbian Radical Party, dedicated a plaque to Misita in the Vuk Karadà ¾iàSquare in Loznica. One of the people present was the man that had applied for the plaque to be installed, Boà ¾idar PaniÃÂ, who had idolised Misita in his youth, and had lit a candle for him every year.
Misita is a maternal relation to Vojislav à  eà ¡elj, whose mother's maiden name was Danica Misita.