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The soldiers were hidden in villages by the Serbian guerrilla fighters, known as Chetniks, who were led by Mihailovic.
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The airmen were hidden in villages by Serbian guerrilla fighters, known as Chetniks, who were led by Mihailovic.
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The soldiers were hidden in villages by the Serbian guerrilla fighters, known as Chetniks, who were led by Mihailovic.
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Flores claimed later that Wurtenberg was murdered by "Chetniks" (Serbs) but strangling was not their usual method - prisoners more often had their throats cut.
RandomPottins Charlie Pottins 2010
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"It was signed 'Chetniks' because those that wrote the letter did not want to sign their actual names."
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Former United Nations intelligence officer Phil Berikoff said he believed these atrocities were aimed at ensuring that so-called "Chetniks" would not come back.
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Roosevelt finally agreed at the end of March to allow OSS officers to return to the Chetniks as long as they made it clear to Mihailović they were there only to collect intelligence and not to lend him any military or political support.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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By the end of March 1943, Churchill had become disenchanted with Mihailović, whose Chetniks increasingly appeared to be collaborating with the Axis.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Fighting between the communist partisans and the Chetniks had intensified lately and for Tito the civil war had become personal.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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He had other senior advisers warning him that the Chetniks were killing more communist partisans than Germans and that Mihailović often was collaborating with the Nazis in his power struggle with Tito.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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