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Allegiance
  
Kingdom of Serbia

Years of service
  
1912–1918

Name
  
Sofija Jovanovic


Sofija Jovanovic

Battles/wars
  
Balkan Wars, World War I

Sofija Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Софија Јовановић; 1895–1979) was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and First World War. She had joined the Serbian Army under the male name Sofronije Jovanović immediately upon the start of World War I and Austria's attack on Serbia. She defended Belgrade in October 1915 from the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. She was present at the Serbian army's retreat through Albania (winter 1915–16). She participated at the Salonika Front and the Liberation of Belgrade in November 1918.

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She has been called "Jeanne d'Arc serbe".

References

Sofija Jovanović Wikipedia