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Josip Broz Tito was born on May 7, 1892 in Kumrovec, Croatia. He died May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana.
Leader of Yugoslavia during and after World War II.
Tito's greatest strength was suppressing nationalist insurrections and maintaining unity throughout the country. Without Tito's call for unity, the people of Yugoslavia could not hold together. Ethnic divisions and conflict grew, and eventually erupted into gruesome civil wars (Croatian war, Bosnian war, Kosovo War)
July 4, 1941 Tito called for armed resistance against Nazi Germany.
1941-1945 Chief Commander of National Liberation Army
1945-1953 Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia
1953-1980 President of Yugoslavia
1961 Co-founds, Non-aligned Movement with Egypt's and India's