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| '''Pavle Đurišić''' (]: Павле Ђуришић; ], ] - ], ]) was a ] commander and |
'''Pavle Đurišić''' (]: Павле Ђуришић; ], ] - ], ]) was a ] commander and voivoda. He was a ] ] fighting ] and ] forces (whom he would later collaborate with) during WWII. He helped save American Airmen shot down during WWII as chronicled in the '"Forgotten 500"' Novel. | ||
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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| Pavle Đurišić lead most of the ] of ] during ]. He was a |
Pavle Đurišić lead most of the ] of ] during ]. He was unique among many ] commanders in which he strayed a different way from some military policies of ] (although according to the quotes below he still did commit attrocities while excecuting Mihailović's ''Instrukcije''. See '''] article''' for information about ''Instrukcije''.); while Mihailović's Chetniks had been known as collaborating forces to the ] and other Fascist/Axis forces occupying the ] at the time, Đurišić made a move in which his ] in ] grouped up in ] ] and attacked the ] fascists in '''Lijevce Polje''' near ] purposely for trying to gain recognition for the ] as an anti-fascist force as to contrast of the beliefs of Western leaders (many Western leaders chose to financially support ] lead by ] at the famous ] in ]). This battle became to be known as '''The ]'''. The battle, although, was completely lost and cost Đurišić his life (He was taken and executed after the battle was lost). | ||
| ==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
| On 1 January 1943, reporting to his superior ] that in ] in ] nad in ] and ] in eastern Bosnia his Chetniks had carried out operations against the ] there<ref>{{cite book |author=Judah, Tim |title=The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia |year=1997 |location=New Haven and London |publisher=Yale University Press}}</ref>: | |||
| <blockquote>The operations were executed exactly according to orders...All the commanders and units carried out their task satisfactorily... All Moslem villages in the three above mentioned districts are entirely burnt, so that not one of their houses has remained undamaged. All property has been destroyed except cattle, corn and hay. In certain places the collection of fodder and food has been ordered so that we can set up warehouses for reserve food for the units which have remained on the terrain in order to purge it and to search the wooded areas as well as establish and strengthen the organization of the liberated territory. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Pavle Đurišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Ђуришић; July 9, 1907 - April 21, 1945) was a Chetnik commander and voivoda. He was a Serbian Chetnik fighting communist and Nazi forces (whom he would later collaborate with) during WWII. He helped save American Airmen shot down during WWII as chronicled in the '"Forgotten 500"' Novel.
Career
Pavle Đurišić lead most of the Chetniks of Montenegro during World War II. He was unique among many Chetnik commanders in which he strayed a different way from some military policies of Draža Mihailović (although according to the quotes below he still did commit attrocities while excecuting Mihailović's Instrukcije. See Draža Mihailović article for information about Instrukcije.); while Mihailović's Chetniks had been known as collaborating forces to the Nazis and other Fascist/Axis forces occupying the Balkans at the time, Đurišić made a move in which his Chetniks in Montenegro grouped up in March 1945 and attacked the Ustaša fascists in Lijevce Polje near Banja Luka purposely for trying to gain recognition for the Chetniks as an anti-fascist force as to contrast of the beliefs of Western leaders (many Western leaders chose to financially support Yugoslav Partisans lead by Josip Broz Tito at the famous Tehran Conference in 1943). This battle became to be known as The Battle on Lijevča field. The battle, although, was completely lost and cost Đurišić his life (He was taken and executed after the battle was lost).
Quotes
On 1 January 1943, reporting to his superior Draža Mihailović that in Plevlje in Sandžak nad in Čajnice and Foča in eastern Bosnia his Chetniks had carried out operations against the Muslims there:
Categories:The operations were executed exactly according to orders...All the commanders and units carried out their task satisfactorily... All Moslem villages in the three above mentioned districts are entirely burnt, so that not one of their houses has remained undamaged. All property has been destroyed except cattle, corn and hay. In certain places the collection of fodder and food has been ordered so that we can set up warehouses for reserve food for the units which have remained on the terrain in order to purge it and to search the wooded areas as well as establish and strengthen the organization of the liberated territory.
References
- Judah, Tim (1997). The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
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