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==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==
==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==
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, pp.. 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 (Chetniksdestruction 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>. 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.
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, pp.. 224-231,</ref>. The Chetniks' prime goals were the dectruction of Communism and the fight for a Greater Serbia (Chetniksdestruction 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>. 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.
Tito organized guerrilla bands-- at first but a handful of men and women--called partisans. He directed their strategy and personally led them in battle, not only against the Germans and Italians, but also against the supporters of the royal government-in exile, commanded by Gen. Mihajlovic.
Tito organized guerrilla bands-- at first but a handful of men and women--called partisans. He directed their strategy and personally led them in battle, not only against the Germans and Italians, but also against the supporters of the royal government-in exile, commanded by Gen. Mihajlovic.