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 | | The sea to the north of the island was the stage of two battles: |
 | | on 13 March 1811, a small Royal Navy fleet, under the command of captain William Hoste, defeated an outnumbering Franco-Venetian fleet (see Battle of Lissa (1811)); on 20 July 1866, the Austrian fleet, under admiral Tegetthoff, attacked the Italian fleet, under admiral Persano, sinking the battleship Re d'Italia (see Battle of Lissa (1866)). |
 | | During World War II, Vis was at one point the main hideout of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of the Yugoslav resistance movement. |
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