03-10-2019, 05:27 PM
The men decided that the best solution would be to contact Mihailovich and airlift the men from Pranjani. However, the buildup to the rescue mission was slowed by political opposition from Great Britain.
While the British had supported Mihailovich initially, they had since changed their backing to the Croat communist leader Josip Tito. The change was driven by the British feeling that Mihailovich was not doing enough to fight the Germans while publicly ranting about the British.
The political resistance forced the director of the OSS to go directly to President Roosevelt. The President agreed to the operation, and the British followed suit.
For their cooperation, the British were placed in charge of the logistics of the operation, but the first six attempts to insert a team to coordinate the rescue had to be aborted. The OSS began to suspect that there was sabotage at play from communist moles in the British Special Operations Executive organization.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history...drome.html
Ех кад се сетим радио гостовања стручњака за средњевековну нумизматику и ваздухопловство...
While the British had supported Mihailovich initially, they had since changed their backing to the Croat communist leader Josip Tito. The change was driven by the British feeling that Mihailovich was not doing enough to fight the Germans while publicly ranting about the British.
The political resistance forced the director of the OSS to go directly to President Roosevelt. The President agreed to the operation, and the British followed suit.
For their cooperation, the British were placed in charge of the logistics of the operation, but the first six attempts to insert a team to coordinate the rescue had to be aborted. The OSS began to suspect that there was sabotage at play from communist moles in the British Special Operations Executive organization.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history...drome.html
Ех кад се сетим радио гостовања стручњака за средњевековну нумизматику и ваздухопловство...