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In 1944 in the middle of World War Two, the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic Sea.
In 1944, in the middle of World War Two, the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic Sea. His resistance to German occupation had made him a target and he was taken there for his own safety by the British. After the war he went on to lead Communist Yugoslavia until his death.
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