Josip
Broz Tito was the people's
leader and a patriot to his motherland. Tito will also be remembered
for his
part in founding the Non-aligned Movement with Col. Nasser Egypt and
Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru of India.
Josip
Tito was born in 1892 in a poor farmer's family. After his primary
education,
Josip Tito joined the army. He also fought during the First World War
in I9I4.
He was imprisoned in Russia. He was greatly impressed by communist
ideology
during his stay in Russia. Tito spread communism in his own country. He
started
to dream to unify country into a strong prosperous nation.
In
1937, Tito became General-Secretary of the Communist Party of
Yugoslavia. At
that time, Yugoslavia was made up of many ethnic groups like Serbians
and
Croatians.
In
194I, Yugoslavia was occupied by the Nazis. But Tito fought
relentlessly
against the occupying forces and eventually succeeded in driving out
the
Germans from his country. Tito became hero of the country and was
elected as
the President of Yugoslavia in 1953. He could not tolerate the hold of
Soviet
Union on his country and fought fearlessly. Thereafter, he made his
country
free from Russian involvement.