Goran Tito

Goran Tito (full name: Goran David Zlatko Tito) is a military officer and politician who is currently serving as the Chairman of the Croatian Monarchist Party and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, as well as being a General in the Royal Croatian Army.

History:

Goran was born on the 12th of September, 1887, in the city of Zvornik, which is currently located in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but was located in Austria-Hungary when he was born. Goran's father, Svetoslav Tito, was a military officer of Serbia who had fled to Zvornik after he was accused of supporting the Karađorđević dynasty.

After the fall of the Obrenović dynasty in 1903, Goran and his family decided to move back to Serbia, with Goran being conscripted into the Serbian army by January of 1906. Goran fought in both Balkan Wars where he reached the rank of Second Lieutenant and also met a few soldiers who would later become famous politicians in Croatia such as Jakob Stojanović and Aleksandar Majstorović.

Goran fought in the First World War as well, but was injured during the Great Serbian Retreat on the 4th of December, 1915, during a skirmish with the Bulgarian army. Goran later healed from his wound in March of 1916 and decided to go back into battle. Goran retired from the Serbian army on the 25th of November, 1918, around 2 weeks after the war ended at the rank of Colonel.

Rising Croatian Nationalism:

Unlike some other Croatian military officers who served in the First World War, Goran never tried to get a position in the Yugoslav government, as he had been skeptical of the system since the beginning. He saw that the government was dominated by Serbs and didn't want to take part in the rulings of government if he had to be under Serbs.

   Goran eventually joined the "People of the Croatian Crown" paramilitary force in June of 1931 and quickly rose through the ranks of the organization, as he was known to be a fierce soldier and was also known to be a very hard worker. Goran was promoted to Brigadier General right before the start of the Croatian revolution and was put in charge of one of the three brigades which made up the organization in August of 1932.

Croatian revolution:

Goran fought in the Croatian revolution with Vladislav I and Jaroslav Janković, specifically fighting in the Istrian front. Goran and his brigade moved quickly through Istria and eventually reached the outskirts of the city of Pula. After a short battle from the 2nd of December to the 4th of December, 1932, Pula was captured by Goran's force.

After the war, Goran focused on his political career and was made the vice chairman of the Croatian monarchist Party on the 9th of March, 1933.

Croatian civil war:

Goran was initially deployed at the front during the War in Slovenia, as he was put in charge of the main division which was going directly towards Ljubljana. Goran quietly left his command however in late December of 1935 to travel to Rijeka, where he would later meet with Vladislav I and Jaroslav Janković to discuss the start of a revolution to overthrow the authoritarian nationalist government which controlled Croatia at the time.

   The three men agreed to start it and later, Goran staged a rebellion in Rijeka with over 15 000 men on the 5th of March, 1936, with Janković and Vladislav following up with a rebellion in Mostar two days later. Goran was contacted by Vladislav on the 20th and was tasked to keep the Banovina's forces at bay, in order for Janković to advance through Dalmatia to reinforce Goran.

Goran managed to hold off the Banovina's forces due to the increasing amount of both foreign and domestic volunteers, giving him a force of around 90 000 by October of 1936. Goran was later reinforced with Janković's force of 50 000 men and they were ordered by Vladislav to start an offensive. The offensive went extremely well, with Goran and Janković capturing huge swathes of territory along with hundreds of Banovina soldiers.

Eventually, they reached Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, where harsh fighting would insue over who would maintain control over Croatia. Eventually, the Monarchist forces were victorious and a parade was issued on the same day as the Banovina capitulated on the 14th of April, 1937.

Role in the Kingdom of Croatia:

Goran was shortly after promoted to General by Vladislav on the 20th of April, 1937. He later became a deputy of parliament and started running for elections as well. Goran was eventually made the chairman of the Monarchist Party, as Vladislav felt he didn't have time to manage the party since he became the King of Croatia on the 17th of April, 1937.

Goran fought in the Serbo-Croatian war from 1938-1939, leading the defense of Osijek against the forces of Kosta Pećanac, eventually leading a counter offensive which pushed the Serbian forces out of their occupied territory in eastern Slavonia in January of 1939. After this, Goran tried numerous attempts to break the Serbian defenses at the Drina river, but didn't succeed and eventually Serbia sued for peace in April of 1939.

Goran was eventually picked for the position of Minister of Armed forces by Prime Minister Jaroslav Janković as he was setting up his cabinet in February of 1940. After the Federal Kingdom of Yugoslavia was established in May of 1940, Tito proclaimed: "Now that our two great Slavic nations have united, we shall be even more powerful if the dreaded Communists or Fascists attack us."

Second World War:

After Nazi Germany invaded Croatia on the 30th of March, 1941, Goran was ordered to the front by king Vladislav. Goran was initially pushed back very far after heavy losses in the battles of Ljubljana, Rijeka and Karlovac. German bombers in the early part of the invasion also caused heavy damage to supply routes and the morale.

The war situation bettered after Operation Barbarossa started in late June of 1941, with German bombers focusing more on the eastern front and soldiers being pulled from the Balkan front to the eastern one. The front started halting down after Serbian volunteers started coming in, due to the governments merging together in Belgrade after Vladislav ordered the cabinet to stay there instead of Zagreb.

Goran started using guerrila-like tactics to try and slow down the Germans even more in preparation for a large offensive against them. This offensive eventually came into form as the Mostar Offensive in early June of 1943, with Goran's force pushing the Germans back up towards Zagreb and Rijeka. During the Battle of Mostar, Goran's men also managed to kill the German commander of the Balkan army, dealing a large blow to the German morale on the front.

On the 25th of November, 1943, Zagreb was captured and Goran decided to stay in the city for a bit, trying to gain more supplies to continue the offensive. Eventually, the offensive resumed in March of the next year, with Jaroslav Janković liberating Rijeka on the 3rd of April and Goran managing to liberate Novo Mesto on the 29th of April, 1944.

After the end of the war, Goran was eventually invited to take a seat during the Paris peace treaties along with Vladislav I, as the leading General in the Balkan campaign. Goran signed the treaty which formally handed Istria to the Kingdom of Croatia.

Premiership:

Prime Minister Jaroslav Janković ended up resigning from his post on the 17th of January, 1950 and passed it on to Tito, as the famed war hero had won the elections in December of 1949. Tito began his premiership by creating new foreign policies in March of 1950, attempting to strengthen relations with the kingdoms around the Federation.

Tito also managed to strengthen internal relations with Croatia and Serbia, meeting with General Governor Draža Mihailović multiple times from 1952-1954. Tito considered sending volunteers to fight for the Royal Romanian Army in April of 1955, but it was too late, as only two days after the volunteers arrived, the Romanian government capitulated.

* Order of the Crown of King Krunoslav, 1st class (Awarded: 20th of December, 1938)
* Medal for the Independence of Croatia, with crown (Awarded: 16th of February, 1950)

Foreign:

* Order of the White Eagle, 3rd class (Serbia) (Awarded: 10th of December, 1915)
* Medal for merits in Foreign Affairs (France) (Awarded: 16th of February, 1946)
* Sretenje Order, 2nd class (Serbia) (Awarded: 23rd of March, 1950)