, 1982) was a Croatian soldier and lieutenant-colonel in the Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard or also, known as the "Homeland Defenders," was the name used for the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II.- Formation :...

 and later an emigrant dissident writer against Communist Yugoslavia.

He attended gymnasium in Bjelovar

Bjelovar

Bjelovar is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. During the 2001 census, there were 41,869 inhabitants, 90.51% which are Croats....

. Babić became a military cadet in the Yugoslav Royal Army and was sent to Paris

Paris

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 to perform further training. During the April War Babić served as a major in the 38th Drava Infantry Division.

In 1942 he commanded the 369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment

369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment

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, commonly known as the Croatian Legion, which fought on the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

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. In 1943 he headed the Home Guard Central School.

In 1943 Babić flew a mission to American troops in Italy

Italy

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 to suggest that the Allies invade the Dalmatia

Dalmatia

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n coast of the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

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 to prevent the country from falling into communist hands. He claimed the invasion would meet no resistance and that the Croatian army would establish a beachhead for them. He eventually abandoned his military position and flew out of the country, foreseeing the fall of the state.

After the war he worked for a period as an engineer in Venezuela

Venezuela

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. He was a frequent contributor to the Croatian emigrant weekly Hrvatska revija (Croatian Review). He secured the visa for Croatian writer, and later assassination victim, Bruno Bušić

Bruno Bušic

Ante Bruno Bušić was a Croatian writer and critic of Yugoslav communism. He was one of the best-known victims of UDBA killing.Bušić was born in the village of Vinjani Donji near Imotski...

 to come to Spain

Spain

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Babić wrote the paper U.S. Policy Towards Yugoslavia, which was translated into English by Mate Meštrović

Mate Meštrovic

Mate Meštrović is an American journalist and academic, Croatian lobbyist, politician and ambassador. He is the son of the renowned Croatian and American sculptor Ivan Meštrović....

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