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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 following orders of Draza Mihajlovic. He helped save American airmen shot down during WWII as chronicled in the book The Forgotten 500.

Career

Pavle Đurišić lead most of the Chetniks of Montenegro during World War II. He was unique among many Chetnik commanders because he strayed from some of the military policies of Draža Mihailović. While Mihailović's Chetniks had been known for waiting for the right moment to strike, Đurišić was more aggressive and 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 to try and 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 came to be known as The Battle on Lijevča field. The Chetniks lost the battle, however, and Đurišić was captured and executed shortly afterwards.

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