Danilo Stanisavljević
Danilo "Dane" Stanisavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Дане Станисављевић; 1917 – 24 October 1942) was a Croatian Serb revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the uprising of Serbs in Lika against the Independent State of Croatia and later a military officer of the Chetnik units with the rank of voivode.
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| Native name | Данило Станисављевић |
| Birth name | Danilo Stanisavljević |
| Other name(s) | Dane Cicvara |
| Nickname(s) | Dane |
| Born | 1917 Gračac, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Died | 24 October 1942 (aged 24–25) Gračac, Independent State of Croatia |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Rank | voivode |
| Commands held | Chetnik Regiment "Vožd Karađorđe"
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| First attack of Serb rebels on Ustaše (12 April 1941) |
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Commonly known as Dane Cicvara (Serbian Cyrillic: Дане Цицвара), he is best known for being commander of Serb rebels from Gračac who were first to attack the Ustaše of the Independent State of Croatia on 12 April 1941. His elder brother Todor was also member of the rebels. After the Srb uprising, the rebel-controlled territory was peacefully integrated into the Italian occupation zone which for a while saved lives of the remaining Serbs in the region from the ongoing genocide of Serbs by the Independent State of Croatia. Stanisavljević was appointed as a commander of the Gračac Chetnik battalion "Gavrilo Princip". He was also an acting commander of the Chetnik regiment "Vožd Karađorđe".
The Croatian Communist Party and its armed formations of Partisans targeted Stanisavljević because they perceived him and other Chetniks as an obstacle for their revolutionary aims and killed him on 24 October 1942.