Word: drina
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fretful after the 500-mile voyage south to Belgrade, but the sight of mile-long food queues along Mihilova Street and the devastation wrought by his bombers a year ago might soothe him. He would not dare to make side trips up rivers like the Bosna or the Drina, because they lead to regions held by General Draja Mihailovich's growing guerrilla army. This band of 145-150,000 Serbs, Greeks and Bulgars is becoming a symbol of freedom to all the silent people of the Balkans. The Germans and Italians have increased their armies in Yugoslavia...
...Turkish commander cynically asked him: "Have you ever been in a worse predicament?" He replied: "Twice-on two occasions friends came to my house and I had no bread to offer them." > A Serbian general ordered a colonel to lead his troops across some impossibly wild hills near the Drina River. The colonel protested that his men would starve. The General said "Eat wolves." The colonel and his men went, ate wolves, fought the enemy...