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2010-10-16 Europe

OSS officer to receive Bronze Star, helped Serb Chetniks rescue 500 Allied airmen during WWII

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Posted by gromky 2010-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 (in order to make Stalin happy)

Really? Tito wasn't one of Stalin's 'men', but an independent even though communist. Stalin had dealt with tens of thousands of his 'men' much closer in Russia who he even suspect of less than dogged loyalty. What aid Stalin did dole out appears to be pretty much verbal propaganda with little means of material support. The Allies supported both though more so to the Chetniks to begin with. The Chetnik activity started to drop when the leadership became far less aggressive in face of German reprisals against civilians. The communists had no such qualms about civilian reprisal deaths and were far more active in their operations. The Allies put their resources where they saw results that held down Axis units away from other theaters of operation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-10-16 09:21|| 2010-10-16 09:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Because the nationalist Chetniks opposed the communist Partisans, and after aid was cut off by the Allies (in order to make Stalin happy)

It is a bit more complex than that. The man sent by the British for assessing the situation in Yugoslavia was Kim Philby, who secretly worked for the Soviets. He told his superiors that the Communists were the only faction who was doing any good against the Germans and I think he told that teh Chetniks were cooperating with the Germans At that time this wasn't true.

Posted by JFM 2010-10-16 11:08|| 2010-10-16 11:08|| Front Page Top

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