October 9, 1934 Vlado Chernozemski Assassinates the Yugoslav King Alexander I in Marseilles
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ON THIS day in 1934, the Yugoslav King Alexander I Karađorđević was assassinated.
The execution of the Yugoslav King Alexander I, carried out in Marseille by Vlado Chernozemski, undoubtedly ranks among the greatest assassinations in world history of the 20th century. The king had long been sentenced to death by the VMRO for the forced Serbization of Bulgarians in Macedonia, and in this particular murder, the action was carried out in conjunction with the far-right Croatian liberation movement of the Ustasha. On October 9, 193…
King Aleksandar Karađorđević the Unifier, who led Serbia in victorious battles from 1912 to 1918, during both the Balkan wars and the First World War, and was the creator of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, i.e. Yugoslavia, was killed on this day, i.e. October 9, 1934, in Marseille, during an official visit to France.
The October sun in 1934 did not foreshadow the sadness that would prevail over the entire Serbian national being. On the street of Marseille on that fateful October 9, the blood of the one who was the living headquarters of the people's unity, the blood of the Knight King Alexander the First Unifier, fell. That agonizing shot from the hands of dark forces embodied in the Ustashas, VMRO, Italy and Hungary [...] The article Spasoje Tomic: The Knig…
We discover how the assassination of King Alexander in Marseille in 1934 changed the fate of the Balkans and influenced the course of history.
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King Aleksandar Karađorđević the Unifier, who led Serbia in victorious battles from 1912 to 1918.
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