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09/01/2013 GMT

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In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.

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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