Lazar Tešanović

Lazar Tešanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Тешановић) was a Serbian schoolteacher and military officer. He was a reserve lieutenant of Royal Yugoslav Army and, later, the Chetniks military officer during World War II.

Lazar Tešanović
Born	Javorani, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died	March 1947 FPR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia (–1941) Chetniks (1941–45)  Independent State of Croatia (1942) Government of National Salvation (1943–45)
Years of service	1941–1942
Rank	Major
Commands	Obilić Detachment (1941–1943) Middle-Bosnian Corps (1943–1946)
Battles / wars	World War II World War II in Yugoslavia

World War II

During the War, Tešanović founded the Obilić Detachment which operated between two rivers, Vrbas and Vrbanja, and south to mount Vlašić.^[1] Detachment took a main part in the Lipovac ambush on the Partisans Company led by Mladen Stojanović, who was badly wounded in the fight.

On 23 May 1942, Tešanović entered into an agreement with the Independent State of Croatia, asking arms and ammunition to fight against the Partisans.^[2] In addition, he has collaborated with the Nazi Germans.^[3]

On 8 July 1943, Obilić Detachment has become a part of the Middle-Bosnian Chetniks Corps and Tešanović became commander of that corps.

See also

• Mile Mećava
• Mladen Stojanović

References

1. Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945: The Chetniks. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.
2. NAW, T-314, Roll 566, 000359-1: Prijevod sporazuma postignutog na sastanku komandanata četničkih odreda „Obilić“ i „Mrkonjić“ sa predstavnicima vlasti NDH u Banja Luci na dan 23. maja 1942.
3. NAW, T-314, Roll 563, 001130: Poruka četničke grupe Tešanović (30. decembar 1943.).