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TIL of Koča Popović, a Yugoslav politician and Spanish Civil War veteran who is referred to as "The man who saved the Partisans" because of his breakthrough plans during Operation Southeast Croatia and at the Battle of Sutjeska both of which could have led to the annihilation of the resistance.

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