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In addition, they sent, in the course of 1943, a number of military missions to various Chetnik corps in Serbia.
Colonel Bailey, who was in charge of the British mission through most of 1943, repeatedly made the point that ... army—they added that they fought against the Germans only in self defense— but wished solely to fight the Chetniks
... joined the ranks of our Army in the Near East in the triumphant hour, but also of your undefeatable Chetniks under your command, who are fighting night and day under the most difficult conditions. December 1st, 1942. General Alan Brooke.
The Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, pursuant to Yugoslavia's unity Day, December 1, 1942, sent the following greeting to the War Minister and the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of King Peter II to Army Gen Dragoljub M Mihailovich: In the name of the British Imperial General Staff I cannot let the twenty-fourth anniversary of the unification of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes into one Kingdom pass without expressing my felicitations for the wonderful undertaking of the Yugoslav Army. I am not thinking only of the forces which have joined the ranks of our army in the Near East in the triumphant hour but also of your undefeatable Chetniks under your command who are fighting night and day under the most difficult war conditions.
During 1942 Africa crisis, Mihailovic's all-out campaign against Axis communications, especially vital to Belgrade-Nis-Salonika line, was probably instrumental for saving Africa from Rommel. British Near East Command jointly wired Mihailovic August 16, 1943: 'With admiration we are following your directed operations which are of inestimable value to our allied cause."
Hitler had said frankly: „We have no other choice, but to annihilate all Chetniks and against the bandits use the most brutal means."
The mission was headed by Brigadier C. D. Armstrong with S. W. Bailey as political adviser...
It is to be noted that Colonel Bailey, chief of the first British Mission to Mihailovich, left Yugoslavia for Bari on January 29, 1944.