A Balkan Tragedy--Yugoslavia, 1941-1946: Memoirs of a Guerilla FighterAn important source for the study of the Yugoslav resistance during the Nazi occupation in World War II, these documents present a gripping account of a young lieutenant - an idealist and pro-Western democrat - active in the resistance. Among other feats, Vuckovich organized the rescue of 500 American pilots shot down behind enemy lines in 1944; they were successfully returned to the Allied command in Italy. |
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