Milorad Petrović

Milorad Petrović was a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 1st Army Group during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II. Petrović's command consisted of the 4th Army of General Petar Nedeljković, responsible for the Yugoslav-Hungarian border and deployed behind the Drava between Varazdin and Slatina, and the 7th Army of General Dušan Trifunović, which was responsible for the defence of the northwestern border with Italy and the Third Reich. Petrović's Army Group Reserve was located around and to the south of Zagreb.