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Serbian warriors honor dead enemies

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 Through history  mutilating corpses  of the fallen enemy soldiers was common thing , especially for middle eastern muslim armies although examples on the west are not rare. Such thing was  impossible in Serbia, enemy corpses if no one claimed them would be buried with military honors. Even more , there are examples where enemy soldiers were burred together with Serbian soldiers in the same tomb. After the battle on Cer and Kolubara where first WWI allied victory was won by small Serbian army that defeated more 10 times stronger opponent , several thousand Hungarian and Austrian soldiers found their final rest in the same tomb with their enemy. Serbian army honored all victims of that insane attack. While alive, Hungarian and Austria soldiers were enemies, but in death we are all equal in front of the Lord and we will all answer for our deeds. Dead soldier is no one’s enemy , just a lost souls that needs prayer for forgiveness of his sins.   Monument built over mass tomb where Serbian
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Serbian warrior code

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  Medieval western European knights and Japanese Samurai from the same period are widely known and their codes of conduct became famous and highly praised in modern times. The Code of Chivalry of medieval warriors dictated that a Knight should be brave and fearless in battle but would also exhibit cultured Knightly qualities showing themselves to be devout, loyal, courteous and generous. The qualities expected of a Medieval knight included bravery, courtesy, honor and gallantry toward women from which we get the image of the Knight In Shining Armor. The concept of a Code of Chivalry led to an idealized view of medieval knights in later times resulted in various legends knights and their adventures. Bushido , probably the best known warrior’s code of conduct is basically a copy of European Code of Chivalry. Bushido was followed by Japan's samurai warriors and their precursors in feudal Japan, as well as much of central and east Asia. The principles of bushido emphasized honor, coura
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Major Dragutin Gavrilovic and defenders of Belgrade

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During the first year of the Great War, Belgrade was bombarded from across the Sava and Danube rivers day and night without stop. The city was in ruins, civilian casualties were immense, while the survivors were trying to hide in shelters. The city resisted the attacks despite the enormous efforts of the enemy to cross the rivers and finally conquer the Serbian capital. In September of 1915, the enemy started to intensify its attacks which culminated on the 5th of October. Belgrade was under artillery fire that can only be described as hell released on earth. According to some estimates, 30,000 artillery shells were fired on Belgrade that day. Despite the situation defenders didn’t even think to move from their trenches, they stayed protecting their city until their last, dying breath. The first line of defense consisted of the members of the 10th and 7th Regiment, and the remnants of the Srem and Gendarmerie Regiments. They had only one objective: to fight for Belgrade at all cost.
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Samurai vs. western Knight

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There is a never ending discussion about fencing skill of the samurai and western warriors and who would win in a duel. Such  duel actually happened and the winner is western warrior. Alexander Lexo Saichich was born on 5 August 1873 in the village of Vinicka in Berane.  Lekso graduated from high school in Dubrovnik from where he went to Belgrade to study at the Infantry school in Serbian Military Academy. After Belgrade he spent three years serving in Montenegro .  He wanted to improve his military skills and gain more experience and progress  headed for Istanbul to join the Turkish army and served as one of the  Emperor's  personal bodyguards  where he also spent three years.  When Japan declared war to Russia , Serbia and Montenegro as a support to Russia declared war to Japan and send each several companies of voluntaries. Alexander Lekso Sajčić  joined  Montenegro units with a rank of lieutenant . He was one of the bravest soldiers of that war and many stories of his bra
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Youngest soldier of WWI

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The origins of the First World War lay in Austro-Serbian antagonism. After occupying predominantly Serbian territory of Bosnia and Hertzegovina in 1908.  Austro-Hungarian Monarchy considered Serbia as a natural next step in their colonial expansion and tried to provoke the war at any cost. For years Austrian press was dehumanizing Serbian people, portrait them as lesser beings, preparing its people to physically destroy the whole nation. Serbian sculls as a birthday present to Austrian emperor  "Once upon a time there was Serbia, now all Serbian are hanged, only sheeps left ." On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student and member of a multi-ethnic organization of national revolutionaries called Young Bosnia, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The political objective of the assassination was the independence of the southern Austro-Hungarian provinces mainly populated
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