{{Short description|Yugoslav military officer and commander of Blue Guard}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = |name = Ivan Prezelj |honorific_suffix = |image = Ivan Prezelj.jpg |image_upright = |alt = |caption = Prezelj in 1930s |native_name = |native_name_lang = |birth_name = |other_name = |nickname = * General Andrej ({{langx|sr|Ђенерал Андреј}}) or Andrej Račić |birth_date = {{birth date|1895|08|29|df=y}} |birth_place = Nova Vas, Istria, Austria-Hungary |death_date = {{death date and age|1973|04|22|1895|08|29|df=y}} |death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States |burial_place = |burial_label = |burial_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}}--> |allegiance = * Austria-Hungary * Kingdom of Yugoslavia |branch = |branch_label = <!--"Branch" or "Service"--> |service_years = |service_years_label = |rank = |rank_label = |service_number = |unit = Blue Guard (Slovene) |commands = |battles = * Battle of Grčarice |battles_label = |awards = |memorials = |spouse = <!--Add spouse if reliably sourced--> |children = |relations = |other_work = |signature = |signature_size = |signature_alt = |website = <!--{{URL|example.com}}--> |module = }} '''Ivan Prezelj''' (29 August 1895 – 22 April 1973) was a Yugoslav military officer and commander of Blue Guard, a detachment of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in German-occupied Slovenia during the World War II.<ref>{{harv|Bevc|2006|p=271}}: "Ivan Prezelj - Andrej (Račič) (1895-1973), polkovnik generalnega štaba kraljevske Jugoslovanske vojske. Med drugo svetovno vojno pomočnik majorja Karla Novaka, sodelavec polkovnika Vladimirja Vauhnika. Nasledil je Novaka na ..."</ref>
Before the Second World War, Prezelj was the Yugoslav military attache in Prague.<ref>{{harv|Griesser-Pečar|2007|p=}}</ref>
Prezelj was initially subordinated to Major Karl Novak and Colonel Vladimir Vauhnik.<ref>{{harv|Bevc|2006|p=191}}</ref> After the defeat in the Battle of Grčarice, Major Novak resigned and Prezelj was appointed in his place by Draža Mihailović.<ref>{{harv|Plut-Pregelj|Kranjc|Lazarević|2018|p=86}}</ref> Mihailović promoted Prezelj to the rank of General on 29 June<ref>{{harv|Griesser-Pečar|2007|p=}}</ref> or 1 December 1944.<ref>{{harv|Krivic|1970|p=284}}</ref> The headquarter of Prezelj was with Notranjska Detachment and Soča Detachments.<ref>{{harv|Rebić|1987|p=81}}</ref>
Prezelj in Ljubljana met with Dimitrije Ljotić and Momčilo Đujić in 1945.<ref>{{harv|Jelić-Butić|1986|p=242}}</ref> In April 1945 Prezelj was appointed as commander of Slovenian People's Army while Mirko Bitanc was appointed as his deputy.<ref>{{harv|Nose|2008|p=360}}</ref>
After the World War II Prezelj escaped from Yugoslav authorities to Italy.<ref>{{harv|Bevc|2006|p=271}}</ref>
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