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...stocky, jovial father of five who with equal spirit plays the mandolin and fights. Born in Ivanjica, Serbia, in the territory he now holds, he was raised, after the early death of his parents, by an uncle who was a Serb colonel. Draja went to the Serbian Military Academy at 15, was wounded fighting the Turks in 1913 and the Austrians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Island of Freedom | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

Chetnik guerrillas and Serbian regulars, united under Serbian General Draja Mikhailovitch, were reported standing off as many as seven German divisions in the mountains south and west of Belgrade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OCCUPIED EUROPE: Police Call | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Last week Franklin Roosevelt and the Yugoslav Government-in-Exile were convinced that Nazi Germany had, not only precedent, but a blueprint for the destruction of Belgrade, pre-war Yugoslavia's capital city. Belgrade, according to Berlin, is the operations center for the German-hating, fight-loving Chetniks, Serbian guerrilla fighters. Said a terse White House statement: "The city will be surrounded by troops and exposed to bombardment by artillery and from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OCCUPIED EUROPE: Heirs to Attila | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...Yugoslav Government-in-Exile charged that Hitler plans the extermination of the Serbian race, that more than 300,000 men, women and children already have been slaughtered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OCCUPIED EUROPE: Butchers' Butcher | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...Kossovo Author West heard that song which Serbian boys learn as soon as they can speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heaven and Earth in the Balkans | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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