Svetozar Borojević was born on 13th of December 1856 in Umetići. He graduated from a number of military schools and achieved a high rank in the army, becoming a field marshal in February 1918. He participated on two battlefields in the First World War, in Galicia and on Isonzo River. He wrote a book based on his own experience on the South-western Front (Isonzo), entitled About war in Italy. Borojević arrived to the Eastern Front in Galicia in September 1914 to lead 3rd army in battles against Russians. On the Eastern Front he and his army stopped a Russian headway near Limanowa and liberated Przemyśl Fort in the First Siege of Przemyśl in October 1914. He left the Eastern Front in May 1915 when Italy entered the war and opened a new battlefield on the South-western Front. On that front, he started leading 5th army. Later in 1917 he became the leader of 1st and 2nd army on that same front. He participated in 12 battles on Isonzo River and because of his importance and contribution he got a nickname „Lion from Isonzo“. He stayed on Isonzo till November 1918, when he had to leave the battlefield because of a bad situation in the country, which had an impact on the supply and army morale. He was not granted permission to return to his homeland and, on the other hand, the Austro-Hungarian monarch to whom he was committed did not require his services anymore. He got into trouble when the Austro-Hungarian side accused him of being South Slavic and his homeland declared him an enemy of the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Because of these accusations he spent the whole period between the end of the First World War and his death fighting for justice and pension. He died on 23rd of May 1920 in hospital in Klagenfurt after suffering a stroke and he never got the justice he deserved.