(1931-11-22)22 November 1931 Bribir, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Died
4 September 2023(2023-09-04) (aged 91) Zagreb, Croatia
Allegiance
SFR Yugoslavia (1947–1991) Croatia (1991–1992)
Service/branch
Yugoslav Air Force Croatian Armed Forces
Years of service
1949–1992 (commissioned as an officer and pilot in 1953, joined the Air Force Academy in 1949)
Rank
Colonel General (JNA) General of the Army (HV)
Commands held
204th Fighter Regiment (1968–1969) 5th Aviation Corps Yugoslav Air Force (1985–1991) Croatian Armed Forces General Staff (Glavni stožer OSRH, 1991–1992)
Battles/wars
Croatian War of Independence
Awards
Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV Order of Duke Domagoj Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski Order of the Croatian Trefoil
Anton Tus (Croatian pronunciation:[aŋtontus]; 22 November 1931 – 4 September 2023) was a Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force between 1985 and 1991 and was the first Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence.[1][2]
^"Anton Tus: an officer and a diplomat". NATO Review. Summer 2002. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^"Anton Tus (1931 - )" (in Croatian). Vojska.net. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
AntonTus (Croatian pronunciation: [aŋtontus]; 22 November 1931 – 4 September 2023) was a Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force...
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before his resignation in early August. Špegelj was replaced by General AntonTus, who became the first head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of...
engineer and politician, member of the House of Councillors (1995–2001). AntonTus, 91, Croatian military officer, chief of the general staff (1991–1992)...
deputy, Branko Borković, took over command of Vukovar's defences. General AntonTus, commander of the Croatian forces outside the Vukovar perimeter, put Dedaković...
and left HDZ in 1994 because of their policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. AntonTus was a Croatian Army general and the first Chief of the General Staff of...
Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2010. Tus: U listopadu '91. HV je imao 70.000 vojnika[dead link] Domovinski rat.hr...
Forces (since 2011) Franjo Tuđman - President of Croatia (1990–1999) AntonTus - Chief of Staff of Croatian Armed Forces (1991–1992) Mark Nicholas Gray...
Gregurić proposed Tuđman to implement Špegelj's plan. According to General AntonTus, Tuđman ordered the ZNG to capture JNA barracks on 12 September, but rescinded...
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of a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on 25 September. In September, AntonTus was appointed the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
an hour and a half. The helicopter was dispatched by Colonel General AntonTus, head of the Yugoslav Air Force at the time, following a request by Josip...
with the President of Croatia Franjo Tuđman, where he was welcomed by AntonTus and Janko Bobetko as well. He worked as an instructor at the Croatian...
were Viktor Bubanj, Enver Čemalović, Radoje Ljubičić, Slobodan Alagić, AntonTus, Čedomir Kovačević, Nikola Benić and Đorđije Zvicer. The 5th Corps of...
Retrieved 19 May 2023. "Umirovljeni General Zbora AntonTus" [Retired General of the Choir AntonTus]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original...
nobleman and general. Antun Bauer (1856–1937), theologian and philosopher. AntonTus (1931–2023), general. Davor Lasić (born 1966), footballer player. Marko...
danger or in extraordinary circumstances in peacetime. Recipients are AntonTus, who served as a colonel general and the chief of staff of the Yugoslav...
People's Army and Chief of the Main Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces AntonTus (1931–), Lieutenant-General of the Yugoslav People's Army, commander of...
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Croatia (1991–1992)