18 In the Exile
End of the Second World War. Units under the command of General Damjanovic withdraw to Italy into the hands of the Western Allies
Continue Reading17 Krajina, Slovenia and Montenegro 1944-45
Spring 1945 units from Montenegro, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Pavle Djurisic, separated from the main body of General Draza Mihailovic’s forces in an attempt to reach Slovenia
Continue Reading16 Bosnian Calvary (2)
Spring 1945. The last area of territory located in northern Bosnia that was free of Partisan control. now came under attack from Partisans equipped with heavy weaponry
Continue Reading15 The Bosnian Calvary (1)
After invasion by the Red Army, the remaining units of the Yugoslav army, the Chetniks, during autumn 1944 retreated into Bosnia without shelter and without winter equipment
Continue Reading14 Red Hell (2)
The harrowing testimony of 12 witnesses who survived the end of 1944 and beginning of 1945 in communist prisons, where they were tortured and witnessed many murders
Continue Reading13 Red Hell (1)
At the end of September 1944, 414,000 Soviet troops entered Serbia. The Partisans began to establish their authority. Their first action was to ‘mobilize’ 250,000 young men, many of whom were still minors
Continue Reading12 Battle for Democracy
Why were the nations of Eastern Europe – Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia allied to the Western allies – 1945, abandoned to the Communists?
Continue Reading11 Red Army Invades in the fall of 1944
How the Chetniks liberated Krushevac from the Germans. The battle between the Chetniks and the Red Army in Krushevac and the air battle between the Red Army and the Western Allies over Nish.
Continue Reading10 McDowell against Stalin.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in the late summer and early fall of 1944. The US intelligence service OSS (later the CIA) sent Mission Ranger to the Supreme Command of the Yugoslav Army
Continue Reading9 In the Global Whirlwind
Why did the British Prime Minister Churchill force the Yugoslav King to make a speech on September 12th 1944? Why did the BBC praise the Partisans from 1943 onwards?
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