“Stalin: Stop sending people to kill me! We’ve already captured five of them, one with a bomb and another with a rifle … If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send another”.
- Josip Broz Tito, Leader of Yugoslavia.
NB.
May 4th marks the death of Marshal Josip Broz Tito who passed away in 1980.
Born of a Croat Father and a Slovene Mother, in 1892, "Tito" was one of the most important political figures of the 20th century because of:
. His role as
the most formidable anti-Nazi guerrilla leader during World War 2
. His creation
of a socialist model which, while not of the liberal democratic tradition (he
was claimed by some to be an authoritarian figure and by others to be a
benevolent dictator), nonetheless rejected the totalitarian features of the
Soviet Union
. His championing of the Non-Aligned Movement during the years of the Cold War.
© Adeyinka
Makinde (2022)
Adeyinka Makinde is a writer based in London, England.
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