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Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980), better known as Marshall Tito, was the leader of Yugoslavia from the end of World War II until his death.

Tito was born in Kumrovec[?], Austria-Hungary (now in western Croatia), the seventh child in the family of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father Franjo was Croat, while his mother Marija was Slovenian. After spending some of his childhood years with his mother's father in Podsreda, he entered the primary school in Kumrovec and finished it in 1905.

In 1907, moving out of the rural environment, he started working as a locksmith apprentice in Sisak. There he became aware of the labour movement and celebrated May 1 for the first time.

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In 1910 he joined the Union of metallurgy workers and at the same time the Social-democratic party of Croatia and Slavonia. Between 1911 and 1913, Tito worked for shorter periods in various places of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

From Autumn 1913, Tito served his military service; i