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Velimir Piletić
Velimir Piletić ( sr-cyrl, Велимир Пилетић; 2 May 1906 – 23 July 1972) was a Yugoslav military officer, best known as commander of the Chetnik forces in eastern Serbia (the Krajina and Mlava Chetnik Corps) during World War II. World War II In May 1941, Piletić organized guerilla rebels in eastern Serbia, initially without any connection with other former Yugoslav officers who were doing the same thing in other parts of Serbia. After establishing his headquarters in the Gornjak Monastery, Piletić established connection with rebels in Belgrade and Banat. Colonel Pantić, who was in Belgrade at the time, sent Captains Pejčić and Avezić along with five Yugoslav aviation officers, including Colonel Lazar Dabetić. Mihailović asked Piletić to lead Chetniks in Montenegro (Montenegro, Boka and Sandžak) but Piletić refused, requesting command over Chetniks of Bosnia instead. This was refused by Mihailović as this command had already been given to Boško ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetniks
The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist movement and Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla force in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. Although it was not a homogeneous movement, it was led by Draža Mihailović. While it was anti-Axis powers, Axis in its long-term goals and engaged in marginal resistance activities for limited periods, it also engaged in tactical or selective Collaborationism, collaboration with Axis forces for almost all of the war. The Chetnik movement adopted a policy of collaboration with regard to the Axis, and engaged in cooperation to one degree or another by both establishing a ''modus vivendi'' and operating as "legalised" auxiliary forces under Axis control. Over a period of time, and in different parts of the country, the movement was progressively drawn into collaborat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
