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==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==

==Leading the Yugoslav Partisans==

In 1941 the armies of [[Germany]], [[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 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 the United States, [[Louis Adamic]] had access to [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].  Adamic was invited to dinner at the [[White House]] and pressed upon U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] for support of Tito over Draja Mikhailovitch.  The U.S. [[Office of War Information]] began spreading [[information]] that the leader of the chetniks Mikhailovitch was an ineffectual leader with small forces.

The U.S. [[Office of War Information]] began spreading information that the leader of the chetniks Mikhailovitch was an ineffectual leader with small forces.

This campaign against Mikhailovitch and the promotion of Tito were repeated in other mainstream magazines for the American public's consumption. Frank Gervasi in ''Collier's'' wrote how Tito led 250,000 men while Mikhailovitch had no more than 10,000. The Yugoslav government - in - exile in London continued to support Mikhailovitch. The British Foreign Office in its dealings with the [[Josef 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.  

This campaign against Mikhailovitch and the promotion of Tito were repeated in other mainstream magazines for the American public's consumption. Frank Gervasi in ''Collier's'' wrote how Tito led 250,000 men while Mikhailovitch had no more than 10,000. The Yugoslav government - in - exile in London continued to support Mikhailovitch. The British Foreign Office in its dealings with the [[Josef 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.  

"Stop sending people to kill me," Tito once wrote to [[Joseph Stalin]].  "If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second."  [[Stalin]] expelled the [[Yugoslav Communist Party]] on June 28, 1948.  Tito was perhaps the only person who stood up to Stalin and survived.

"Stop sending people to kill me," Tito once wrote to [[Joseph Stalin]].  "If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second."  [[Stalin]] expelled the [[Yugoslav Communist Party]] on June 28, 1948.  Tito was perhaps the only person who stood up to Stalin and survived.

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