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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 atrocities while executing Mihailović's Instrukcije. See Draža Mihailović article for information about Instrukcije.); while Mihailović's Chetniks had been known as more peaciful and steadfast (they awaited for the right moment to strike),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).
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