Mihailo D. Bodi

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rdf:langString Mihailo D. Bodi (Sofia, Bulgaria, 18 September 1884 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1953) was a Royal Serbian Army divisional general. He also served as Acting Chief of the General Staff in the Royal Yugoslav Army. In 1901 he enrolled in the Artillery School of the Military Academy as a cadet after graduating from the Belgrade Gymnasium. He graduated with a bachelor of engineering from the Military College and later served as an Engineer Sergeant, a construction and demolitions specialist, building critical infrastructure and carrying out mock demolition raids against potential enemy military targets. As a demolitions specialist, he was an instructor in demolition raids, such as railroads, fuel depots, bridges and other critical components of infrastructure. It was only in 1920 that he transferred from engineering to the General Staff profession. In September 1915, he married Zorka, daughter of Laza Dimitrijević, a doctor from Smederevo.