Word: mihailovich
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...Draja Mihailovich's Chetniks now have a song that describes a heroic drinking bout between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. After downing oceans of red wine they decide to send a message of hope to Douglas MacArthur...
...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...
...Yugoslav Government in Exile in London, had publicly taken sides with Serb Nationalist Mihailovich. Oldtime Serb nationalists, who hold most of the posts in the Government in Exile, tend to attack the non-Serb elements in Yugoslavia, particularly the Partisans, whom they accuse of plundering the people of Yugoslavia. But poverty-stricken, oppressed Balkan peasants, traditionally pro-Russian, are attracted by slogans, long associated with Moscow, such as "Land to the Landless," "Higher Wages," and "People's Governments." Many Yugoslavs wish their Government would negotiate with the Partisans, through Moscow, to create a unified strategy and perhaps a unified...