Word: bosnia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Down through the rocky hills of Croatia and Bosnia last week swept a formidable Axis army. Its aim: destruction of the Partisan armies and liquidation of the free democratic state comprising roughly one-sixth of Yugoslavia-larger than Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. The Stukas started off well by destroying the towns of Drvar and Tsetingrad...
...Southern Bosnia the towns of Kupres and Focha changed hands again as General Draja Mihailovich's Chetniks fought to improve their positions for winter. Mi-hailovich took the towns at a cost of between 600 and 900 casualties...
Draja Mihailovich's 150,000-odd guerrillas were fighting the Germans in Serbia, in eastern Bosnia and Montenegro, also fought sporadic battles against Communist-led guerrilla "Partisans...
...Partisans, likewise roughly 150,000 strong, were in control in Slovenia and western Bosnia. They were fighting with great vigor against Germans, Italians and any Yugoslav groups whom they suspected of collaborating with the invaders. In rate of numerical growth and in military aggressiveness the Partisans had left Mihailovich's guerrillas behind. Mihailovich leaned heavily on the inactive Government in Exile, and for this reason many of his less enthusiastic followers had joined the Partisans...
Fighting Jugoslav guerrilla bands have driven Italian occupation forces from most of the former Jugoslavian province of Bosnia and sabotage and anti-Axis activity continues to plague the Axis in other portions of occupied Europe, London reports said Tuesday...