The 13 July Uprising in Montenegro, which took place in 1941, is one of the most important and most fateful events in the history of Montenegro. The mass uprising of the Montenegrin people was the first nationwide uprising in the occupied Europe, which was later confirmed by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and French President Giscard d'Estaing. The resistance organization was formed after the capitulation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (April 16th, 1941), its occupation and dismemberment by the occupiers. On the thirteenth of July 1941 the first guns were fired against the occupying forces in Montenegro and Yugoslavia, as evidenced by documents and historical science. The 13 July Uprising was supported by around 32,000 people, which represented around 65% of able-bodied population of Montenegro. In the battles between the 13th of July and the 14th August, 735 Italian soldiers were killed, about 1,200 wounded and about 2,970 captured, while the insurgents had 53 wounded fighters and lost 72 people. Montenegro would not exist without the 13 July Uprising. Its achievements were built into its foundations, its statehood, freedom and anti-fascism, as a basis on which modern Europe was built and is still being built. Seventy-five years since the 13 July Uprising is a great jubilee which deserves remembrance and reverence for today’s modern, independent, sovereign and internationally recognized state of Montenegro and its citizens. The Montenegro Post is publishing a commemorative postage stamp and a First Day envelope within the edition “75th Anniversary of the 13 July Uprising”. The author of the conceptual design is Zoran Popović, a graphic designer from Podgorica.
