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| − | Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) was the leader of [[Yugoslavia]], which existed from 1943 until 1991. During World War II Tito organized an anti-fascist resistance movement (the Yugoslav Partisans). After World War II he defied Soviet influence and founded the Non-Aligned Movement. | + | '''Josip Broz Tito''' (1892–1980) was the leader of [[Yugoslavia]], which existed from 1943 until 1991. During [[World War II]] Tito organized an anti-[[fascist]] resistance movement (the [[Yugoslav Partisans]]). After World War II he defied [[Soviet]] influence and founded the Non-Aligned Movement. |
| − | "Stop sending people to kill me," Tito once wrote to [[Joseph Stalin]]. "If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second." Stalin expelled the Yugoslav Communist Party on June 28, 1948. Tito was perhaps the only person who stood up to Stalin and survived. | + | "Stop sending people to kill me," Tito once wrote to [[Joseph Stalin]]. "If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second." [[Stalin]] expelled the [[Yugoslav Communist Party]] on June 28, 1948. Tito was perhaps the only person who stood up to Stalin and survived. |
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Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) was the leader of Yugoslavia, which existed from 1943 until 1991. During World War II Tito organized an anti-fascist resistance movement (the Yugoslav Partisans). After World War II he defied Soviet influence and founded the Non-Aligned Movement.
"Stop sending people to kill me," Tito once wrote to Joseph Stalin. "If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second." Stalin expelled the Yugoslav Communist Party on June 28, 1948. Tito was perhaps the only person who stood up to Stalin and survived.