Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic (1893 - 1946) was a Serbian general now primarily
remembered as leader of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (the
"Chetniks") during World War II. After the war, he was tried by rival Communist
Partisans for alleged collaboration, shot and then buried in an unmarked grave.
U.S. president Harry S Truman posthumously awarded him the Legion of Merit for
overseeing the rescue of five hundred American airmen by Chetniks during World
War II.
"The Trial of Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic" is the document issued by the
Communist government to justify the execution of their opponents. Although
biased, and prejudiced from the start, the documents published here reveal a
great deal about the Yugoslav inner and, especially, ethnic conflicts which have
still not healed.
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