The 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment (Croatian: Prvi sisački partizanski odred) was an armed anti-fascist military unit. This first Yugoslav Partisan unit was established in Brezovica forest, near Sisak, Croatia on June 22, 1941, the day Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
This event launched the resistance against fascism in Croatia and the rest of Yugoslavia. Today, June 22nd is commemorated ever year as a public holiday called the Anti-Fascist Struggle Day.
Janko Bobetko, who 50 years later became one of the most prominent Croatian generals in Croatian War of Independence, was one of the founding members of this brigade.
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