Chief of the Supreme Headquarters Arso Jovanović at Drvar. Colourized. Photo: British Imperial War Museum.
First telegram to the British, broadcast immediately on Radio London. The first names known to the world as the leaders of the Yugoslav partisan uprising: Captain Arso Jovanović and Professor Milovan Đilas.
Arso Jovanović and Aleksandar Ranković from the wartime days when they were in Tito’s favour. Photo: B. Simonović.
Arso Jovanović, Ivan Milutinović and Mitar Bakić during the Third Enemy Offensive, Zaborje. Photo: Znaci.
From left to right: Milovan Đilas, Koča Popović, Arso Jovanović, Aleksandar Ranković and Mijalko Todorović. Photo: B. Simonović.
Arso Jovanović (far-right) among Tito, Ivo Lola Ribar, Davorjanka Paunović, Nikola Ljubičić and Kosta Nađ in liberated Jajce, September 28, 1942. Photo: S. Orović.
From left to right: Vladimir Popović, Ivan Rukavina, Arso Jovanović, Savo Orovič, Milovan Đilas and Pavle Ilić. Photo: S. Orović.
Arso Jovanović, behind Tito, with the other members of the Supreme Headquarters of the National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, Jajce 1943. Photo: Znaci.
The 2nd Session of the AVNOJ in Jajce. Seated in the front row, from left to right: Arso Jovanović, Josip Broz Tito, Josip Vidmar, Edvard Kocbek, Josip Rus and Moša Pijade. Photo: Znaci.
Tito and Arso Jovanović in conversation with the AVNOJ delegation from Montenegro. Photo: B. Simonović.
Lieutenant General Arso Jovanović, on behalf of the Supreme Headquarters, greets the participants of the ZAVNOBiH session in Mrkonjić Grad. Photo: I. Matović.
Arso Jovanović among the victors of Sutjeska. Although Arso was not present at this “Golgotha,” the commanders and commissars of the 1st Proletarian Brigade insisted that their commander join the picture. Photo: I. Matović.
From left to right: Koča Popović, Rodoljub Čolaković, Vladimir Bakarić, Edvard Kardelj, Arso Jovanović, Randolph Churchill, Josip Broz Tito and Soviet emissary Saharov. At the 2nd Congress of USOAJ, held in Drvar on May 2-4, 1944. Photo: Znaci.
The Russians finally arrived at Drvar: from the left, General Korneyev, Tito, General Gorshkov and Arso Jovanović. Photo: I. Matović.
Arso Jovanović and Tito before the raid on Drvar in 1944. Photo: Personal archive.
At the Supreme Headquarters in Drvar on May 14, 1944. In the back row, left to right: Arso Jovanović, Vladimir Bakarić, Radonja Golubović, Rodoljub Čolaković, Edvard Kocbek and Sreten Žujović. In the front row, left to right: Vladislav Ribnikar, Sulejman Filipović, Edvard Kardelj and Tito. Photo: British Imperial War Museum.
Arso Jovanović playing chess with Tito at Drvar. The original caption was “Who will checkmate whom?” Photo: LIFE.
A break on Mount Šator near Bosansko Grahovo. Photo: I. Matović.
Key role in the evacuation of the Supreme Headquarters and Allied missions from Kupreško polje to Bari (Italy): Generals and close associates Anatoly Gorshkov and Arso Jovanović. Photo: I. Matović.
Tito, Josip Černi and Arso Jovanović (behind Tito’s dog Tigr), arrive on Vis in June 1944. Photo: S. Orović.
On behalf of the Supreme Headquarters, Arso Jovanović greets the people of Dalmatia from the Vis airfield on the occasion of the third anniversary of the uprising. Photo: I. Matović.
On Vis in late July 1944. Seated from left to right: General Korneyev, Rudolph Churchill, Admiral Kevin, Tito, Admiral Morgan and Savo Orović. Standing in the centre: Arso Jovanović and Josip Černi. Photo: S. Orović.
Agreement on operations for the liberation of Serbia, June 28, 1944 on Vis: seated from the right are Blagoje Nešković, Tito and Moma Marković; standing are Generals A. Jovanović and M. Đilas, Colonel Miodrag Lozić, Lieutenant Colonel Slobodan Penezić and General Aleksandar Ranković. Photo: I. Matović.
Tito, accompanied by Arso Jovanović and Aleksandar Ranković, inspects the Yugoslav Army forces in newly liberated Belgrade in October 1944 upon his return from the USSR. Photo: Personal archive.
Tito, Peko Dapčević, Arso Jovanović and Sreten Žujović in Banjica on October 27, 1944, reviewing the liberators of Belgrade. Photo: B. Simonović.
Arso Jovanović receiving the Order of Suvorov, 1st Class, from the hands of Soviet Ambassador I. Sadchikov. Photo: I. Matović.
Arso Jovanović welcomes Field Marshal Harold Alexander, Allied Commander for the Mediterranean, at the Belgrade airport on February 21, 1945. Between them is Fitzroy Maclean. Photo: Unknown.
In conversation with the British military mission at the Belgrade airport. Photo: Znaci.
From left to right: General Lemnitzer, Marshal Harold Alexander, Josip Broz Tito and Arso Jovanović. At the White Palace in Belgrade, February 1945. Photo: I. Matović.
Field Marshal Harold Alexander and Chief of the General Staff Arso Jovanović on Avala before the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. Source: British Embassy in Belgrade.
Tito and Arso Jovanović during the farewell to Field Marshal Alexandar at the Zemun airport, March 1, 1945. Photo: Znaci.
Military leadership of the new Yugoslav Army in Belgrade. From left to right General Velimir Terzić, General Peko Dapčević, General Arso Jovanović, General Branko Poljanac, Marshal Tito, General Ivan Gošnjak, General Mihajlo Apostolski and General Koča Popović. Photo: Unknown.
Supreme Commander Tito with his nine generals. From left to right: Velimir Terzić, Peko Dapčević, Arso Jovanović, Josip Broz Tito, Branko Poljanac, Koča Popović, Kosta Nađ, Rade Hamović, Petar Drapšin and Mihajlo Apostoloski. Source: Vreme.
Arso Jovanović with his mother Zorka, Belgrade, 1945. Photo: Etnoistorija Crne Gore, i drugo.
Arso Jovanović speaks at the celebration on the third anniversary of the “Nikola Tesla” 6th Proletarian Assault Lika Division, November 1945. Photo: I. Matović.
Movements of the Chief of the Supreme Headquarters throughout the war (click to enlarge). Image: I. Matović.
