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==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==

==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==

In 1941 the armies of [[Germany]], aided by [[Italy]], [[Hungary]] and [[Bolgaria]], invaded Yugoslavia and swiftly reduced it to submission. The government of Yugoslavia joined other [[Allied Powers]] exile governments in London,  became a signatory of the [[Atlantic Charter]], and held recognition as the legitimate government of Yugoslavia.  Colonel [[Draja Mikhailovitch]] remained behind in Yugoslavia to lead the Chetnik army<ref>David Martin, ''Ally Betrayed,'' Prentice-Hall, 1946, pps. 224-231,</ref> which quickly started collaborating with Axis forces. The Chetniks' prime goals were the dectruction of communism and the fight for a Greater Serbia (chetniks often slaughtered Croats and Bosnians on nationally-mixed teritories)<ref>[http://www.hic.hr/books/seeurope/013e-dizdar.htm A symposium about chetnik crimes in Bosnia]</ref>.   

In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia and swiftly reduced it to submission. The government of Yugoslavia fled and joined other exile governments in London.  Colonel [[Draja Mikhailovitch]] remained behind in Yugoslavia to lead the Chetnik army<ref>David Martin, ''Ally Betrayed,'' Prentice-Hall, 1946, pps. 224-231,</ref> which quickly started collaborating with Axis forces. The Chetniks' prime goals were the dectruction of Communism and the fight for a Greater Serbia (Chetniks often slaughtered Croats and Bosnians on nationally-mixed teritories)<ref>[http://www.hic.hr/books/seeurope/013e-dizdar.htm A symposium about chetnik crimes in Bosnia]</ref>.   

Tito’s antifascist guerrilla movement, formed in 1941 to oppose Axis aggression, was fully supported by Stalin who, by siding with Tito, openly diverged from British and US policy supportive of the chetnik (nationalist guerrilla), General Draza Mihajlovic (1893-1946).  

Tito’s antifascist guerrilla movement, formed in 1941 to oppose Axis aggression, was fully supported by [[Stalin]].  

The Yugoslav government - in - exile in London continued to support Mikhailovitch. The British Foreign Office in its dealings with the Stalin closed  the British Broadcasting Company to the Yugoslav government - in - exile and a little later put the broadcast facilities at the disposal of the Partisans of Tito.  

The Yugoslav government-in-exile in London continued to support Mikhailovitch and his Chetniks. The British Foreign Office cut a middle path; it denied use of BBC radio to the exiles.

President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] paid tribute to Mikhailovitch in 1942. But at the [[Teheran conference]], as part of the policy of appeasing Stalin, Roosevelt and [[Winston Churchill]] abandoned Mikhailovitch completely and yielded to Soviet Union’s choice of Tito. Shortly after the Teheran conference, Churchill in a speech in February 1944 indicated that the allies were no longer sending supplies to Mikhailovitch. Two months later King Peter, the Yugoslavian Head of State, was forced to dismiss Premier Purich, which meant the entire cabinet in which Mikhailovitch was Minister of War. The Communist Subasich was made Prime Minister. With the subsequent Russian invasion and the aid of American supplies, the Communists and Tito took control.  Mikhailovitch was sentenced to death after the war as a collaborator.

President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] at the [[Teheran conference]] in 1943, joined with [[Winston Churchill]] and agreed to Soviet demands to support Tito. Churchill in February 1944 indicated Britain was no longer sending supplies to Mikhailovitch. Tito took control of the anti-Nazi forces and after the war Mikhailovitch was executed as a collaborator with the Nazis.

==Break-up with Moscow==

==Break-up with Moscow==