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...humble opinion, will go down in the annals of historic achievement as one of the most remarkable characters, and perhaps one of the greatest patriots of Allied Nations embroiled in World War II. I refer to General Draja Mihailovich, Minister of War to the Yugoslav Government-in-Exile. . . . This little man with an iron will whose unsung praises will one day be heralded to a people victoriously released from the yoke of our common enemy...
...Yugoslav People's Army (Partisans), under onetime Spanish Republican Leader Kosta Naditch, continued an offensive hopefully timed to relieve pressure on Russia. Other Communist-led Partisan groups operated in a belt running intermittently from near the Italian border through Montenegro and Southern Serbia. > In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, guerrillas or parachutists blew up an armament works, wrecking buildings, machines and stocks of rifle barrels...
...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...
Hitler wanted: 1) five additional Rumanian divisions to join the 16 already active on the Russian front; 2) more Hungarian troops for Russia; 3) a Bulgarian declaration of war against the Soviet Union; 4) a speedy end to the Yugoslav guerrillas; 5) cessation of inner Balkan disputes and concentration on fighting Bolshevism; 6) continued shipments of Balkan agricultural products to Germany...