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1959 children's novel by Branko Ćopić

Orlovi Rano Lete

Author	Branko Ćopić
Language	Serbian
Genre	Adventure, Comedy
Publication date	1959
Publication place	Yugoslavia
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	240
ISBN	86-7781-194-X

Orlovi rano lete (Eagles Fly Early) is a Yugoslavian children's novel written by Branko Ćopić and published in 1959. It was made into a film in 1966.

Synopsis

The book involves several young boys and a girl and their role in assisting the Partisans in fighting the Croatian fascists Ustaše invading Yugoslavia during World War II. There are allusions throughout to mythology such as the drekavac, a monster which the children are told lives in the forest. The children are forced to conquer their superstitious fear in order to assist the Partisans.

The book is divided in two parts. The first part is before the war in Yugoslavia, and the second is about the children helping the Partisans and the army in fighting against Fascists in World War II.

References

Yu4You.com: Orlovi rano lete: Knjige Branko Copic

External links

Info at Yu4You

v t e Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia
Background	Demographics of Croatia Serbs of Croatia Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs in Vojvodina
Prelude	Anti-Serb sentiment Nazi racial policy Invasion of Yugoslavia Ustaše Ustaše Militia The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia Greater Croatia Croatisation Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše Croatian Orthodox Church
Concentration camps	Jasenovac list of prisoners Stara Gradiška Đakovo Sisak Gospić Jadovno Lepoglava Danica Lobor Kerestinec Jastrebarsko Slana Kruščica Sajmište Gornja Rijeka
Massacres	Banski Grabovac Banja Luka Garavice Glina Rašića Gaj Gudovac Blagaj Voćin Prebilovci Gacko Pridvorica Ivanci Voćin Sarajevo (Villa Luburić) Kozara Syrmia
Perpetrators	Ante Pavelić Mile Budak Julije Makanec Nikola Mandić Ademaga Mešić Džafer Kulenović Andrija Artuković Mladen Lorković Slavko Kvaternik Antun Najžer Petar Brzica Miroslav Filipović Vjekoslav Luburić Ivica Matković Ljubo Miloš Ante Vrban Ivo Rojnica Dinko Šakić Dido Kvaternik Jure Francetić Alija Šuljak Viktor Gutić Miroslav Matijević
Notable victims	Jovo Bećir Špiro Bocarić Đorđe Bogić Milan Butozan Nada Dimić Branko Dobrosavljević Vukašin Mandrapa Muhamed Mehmedbašić Rafailo Momčilović Platon of Banja Luka Sava Šumanović Sava Trlajić Dositej Vasić Petar Zimonjić
Armed resistance	Đurđevdan uprising Eastern Herzegovina uprising Drvar uprising Srb uprising
Humanitarianism	Diana Budisavljević
Trials	Trial of Mile Budak Operation Gvardijan Trial of Aloysius Stepinac
Bibliography	The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican Encyclopedia of Genocide The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 Hitler–Beneš–Tito Viktor Novak Jozo Tomasevich Smilja Avramov Enver Redžić Antun Miletić Vasilije Krestić Mark Biondich Rory Yeomans Paul Mojzes Veljko Đurić Mišina Dejan Jović Hrvoje Klasić Serbian historiography
Cultural depictions	Eagles Fly Early (book, film) Black Birds The End of the War The Dagger The Diary of Diana B. Dara of Jasenovac Zaveštanje
Aftermath	Bleiburg repatriations Stone Flower Terrorism in Yugoslavia
Denial	Jasenovac – istina Far-right politics in Croatia

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