How Australia hides Nazi collaborators in plain sight

Chetniks marching in ANZAC Day parade, Sydney, April 25, 2016.

Nazis are alive and well in Australia, so much so that they are welcome to march in Australia’s famous ANZAC Day parade, which is supposed to commemorate the Allies. Someone in the Australian government it seems didn’t get the memo about the Serbian Chetniks and their near 4-year collaboration with both the Italian Fascists and German Nazis. Below is just a snippet of what can be easily found within minutes of searching both online and at any local or regional library.

According to Sect 5 ( c ) of Australia’s Veterans’ Entitlements Act: “a person – at any time” a member of a force which was supporting or assisting the enemy forces of Australia cannot be an “allied veteran”.

The “at any time” provision under Sect 5 ( c ), appears to be effective even in the case of  a single moment of membership of  the collaborating force, maybe even lasting only a few seconds.

Chetniks co-ordinating their joint attack on Partizan positions, Zajecar, Serbia, 1943.

 However this Chetnik collaboration went on for years and was widespread and took place over almost the whole of the World War Two period between 6 April 1941, to 12 September 1944, and continued for the rest of the war through to 8 May, 1945.

For example, we can look at Operation Weiss, the German operation against the Partisans in the Neretva Valley, commenced on February 27, 1943.

Between 15,000 and 18,000 Chetniks took part in this battle against the Partisans, on the German and Italian side. Serbian Chetnik leader General Draza Mihailovic personally led and directed the Chetnik forces in this operation. (Tomasevic p.236.)

In this battle, German non-commissioned officers were attached to the Chetnik units as tactical commanders,.... . (J.Tomasevic. P.253.)

The battle continued through to May 1943; the Partisans being badly mauled, survived.

Re this one incident, the consequences of the Chetniks supporting the Germans in a major battle (which happened on numerous other occasions), it is seen that the Chetniks were engaged in supporting or assisting an enemy of Australia; and the Sect 5 ( c ) provision of “at any time” a member of such a force – confirms that all former members of the Chetniks cannot be an” allied veteran”.

Chetniks preparing with Germans just before Operation Weiss, 1942.

 The evidence as presented shows that Chetniks forces collaborated with the Germans, the Italians, the pro-German Serbs and the Serbian fascists, and thus were engaged in supporting or assisting the enemy forces of Australia, for practically the whole of the war.

In case of the force “the Chetniks”, the definition of collaborating, “ at any time” provision, is thus validated and constant for almost the whole of the time period of World War Two and between those dates.

All former members of “the Chetniks” are not and cannot be an “allied veteran”.

Chetniks murdering civilian, Bosnia, 1942.

THE PARTICIPATION OF SERBIAN AND SERBIAN CHETNIKS MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES,  BANNERS, FLAGS, INSIGNIA AND OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS APPAREL AND DRESS IN THE AUSTRALIAN ANZAC MARCHES – IS NOT SUPPORTED BY AUSTRALIAN LAW.

US newspaper reports on the Mihailovic trial, 1946.

“SERBIAN CHETNIKS AUSTRALIA”.

Chetnik in ANZAC Day march, Sydney, 2016.

In addition to persons participating in the ANZAC Marches representing “Chetniks” and or Serbian Chetniks etc. there exists in Australia a movement called “SERBIAN CHETNIKS AUSTRALIA”, which includes many senior Serbian ANZAC March organizers and also ANZAC March participants.

This group, appears to idolize; and  bases its practices and ideologies on, the actions of the Mihailovic – Djujic and other Chetnik activities and policies of World War Two, but leaving out and denying the Nazi and war criminal and crimes against humanity content of the Chetniks reality and their  actions and ideologies of World War Two.

Some ‘heroes of Serbia’ as the Chetniks call themselves marching alongside Allied war veterans, ANAZC Day, 2017, Sydney.

THE CHETNIKS WERE A FORCE OF WORLD WAR TWO NAZI, ITALIAN, SERBIAN PRO-GERMAN AND SERBIAN FASCIST COLLABORATORS.

 THEY WERE A WAR CRIMINAL ARMY OF MASSIVE, 20TH CENTURY SERIAL ACTS OF MASS MURDER AND MAJOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AGAINST INNOCENT AND UNARMED CIVILIAN POPULATIONS.

Momcilo Djujic (extreme right) and two of his senior commanders pose for photo-op with German Nazi Officers, 1944.

 An official submission to the RSL Victoria of 7 June 2019, includes evidence as follows.

Mihailovic left off his struggle with the German invaders by 1941, and gradually developed a collaborative relationship with the Italians and Germans against the Partisans, who were fighting the Germans and came to view the Chetniks as Nazi collaborators. After the occupation of Serbia by the Partisans and the Soviet army, the Chetniks were hunted down. Mihailovic went into hiding, but was captured and arrested on March 13, 1946. Found guilty of treason and collaboration, he was executed in Belgrade in 1946.”

The Sydney Morning Herald reporting the discovery of Chetnik - Nazi collaboration on October 5, 1944.

According to the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. English Edition:

“The Chetniks became collaborators and joined the forces fighting the Partisans. After the occupation of Serbia by the Partisans and the Red Army, the Chetniks were hunted down, Shortly after the end of the war, Mihailovic and his men were captured and brought before a Yugoslav national tribunal. Most of them were hanged.

According to the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

 Brigadier Fitzroy MacLean, the chief British liaison officer, September, 1943, confirmed the fact of there being an enormous amount of Chetnik collaboration with the Nazi and Italian and Serbian Nazi and Serbian fascist forces. At the end of March 1942, a second offensive was mounted by Italian, German, Ustasha and Chetnik units, which compelled the Partisan units to move to Bihac in the north-west.

 Operation Schwartz proved to be the turning point of the war. The account that Fitzroy MacLean was given of this battle, was of first importance in persuading Churchill that allied support should be switched from the Royalists (Chetniks).

 In Operation Weiss, Tito (Partisans), directed operations against the Chetniks (Collaborators with the Germans and Italians), and inflicted heavy losses on them.

 At the initial stage, there were some Jews among the Chetniks, but when it turned out that the Chetniks were not fighting the invaders and their collaborators, and in fact were inclined to cooperate with them, the Jews switched to the ranks of the Partisans. As the Chetniks increased their cooperation with the Germans, their attitude toward the Jews in the areas under their control deteriorated, and they identified the Jews with the hated Communists. There were many instances of Chetniks murdering Jews or handing them over to the Germans.”

[Source: Shoah Resource Centre. Yad Vashem.]

Chetniks in ANZAC Day march, 2013, Sydney.

“Throughout the war, the Serbian Chetnik movement remained almost completely inactive against the occupation forces, and increasingly collaborated with the Axis, losing its international recognition as the Yugoslav Resistance force.

 On 20 December 1941, the Serbian Chetnik Army Supreme Commander, Draza Mihailovvic, issued instructions to his units, outlining his mission to create an ethnically pure Serbia and commit genocide against the non-Serbs. ………”. Yahalom Kashny – Holocaust Survivor

Serbian Chetniks with Fascist Italian officers, Montenegro, 1942.

According to THE EUROPA YEAR BOOK – 1991.

 Resistance to the occupation forces was initially divided between two rival guerilla groups. The pro-Royalist Yugoslav Army of the Fatherland (Chetniks), led by Draza Mihailovic, operated mainly in Serbia and represented the exiled government, while the National Liberation Army (Partisans), led by the CPY under Gen later Marshall Tito, recruited followers in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. Rivalry between these two groups led to civil war, with the Partisans eventually gaining victory after the Chetniks had been discredited because of their collaboration with the Nazis. Allied help, originally given to the Chetniks, was shifted to the Partisans.

Serbian Chetniks marching in ANZAC Day, 2015.

Declassified CIA Intelligence Documents regarding Chetnik ‘Duke’ Momcilo Djujic and his ‘Dinara Division’.

The declassified 130 page CIA report details matters such as;

1.     Djujic and Ljotic Chetniks cooperating with German leadership;

2.     Djujic and the Chetniks long record of collaboration with the Germans;

3.     Genocidal exploits of Djujic in the Bihac area;

4.     Counter-Intelligence Operation by Djujic and Chetniks to provide Germans with crucial Intelligence;

5.     Djujic and Jevdevic warned they would be handed over to the allies to be repatriated to Yugoslavia and certain death;

6.     Djujic a wanted war criminal.

7.     Djujic a wanted war criminal by Yugoslavia;

8.     Mihailovic confirms that Djujic collaborated with the enemy to such an extent.

9.     British Foreign Affairs contacts the Department of State re subject should be turned over to the Yugoslavs as a collaborator with the Germans;

10.  Djujic arrested by British and escaped;

11.  Djujic and Jevdevic united completely with the Serbian fascists and the late Dimitrije Ljotic leader of a Serbian enemy force of Australia.

12.  Djujic a collaborator and war criminal;

13.  Djujic collaboration with German forces;

14.  Yugoslav note to U.S. summarizing charges against Djujic;

15.  CIA confirms Djujic was a collaborator during World War Two;

Djujic as Chetniks “Dinara Division” served as part of the Italian Army Corps between July 1941 to September, 1941 reporting to the 18th Army Corps of 1.     General Quirino Armelini. Later Djujic reported to the German SS forces between July 1943 and May 1945;

16. Djujic forces attacked the town of Gata leaving 98 civilians killed, 30 wounded and a total of 15 houses burned to the ground. They “carried off” everything portable and loaded their hoard on to freight trains provided by General Unmerto Spigo, Italian Commander of Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast.

17.     Djujic distinguished himself among the Chetniks for his cruelty ..... for killing catholic priests with his own hands. He was declared a war criminal;

18.     Jevdevic and Djujic collaboration and war crimes.

19.     U.S. Department of Justice names Djujic for denaturalization.

20.    “Sanitized file” available for Momcilo Djujic;

21.     Documents re Djujic denaturalization and deportation;

22.     Yugoslav government seeks extradition of Djujic for collaboration and war crimes in 1983.

WINSTON CHURCHILL – HIS WRITINGS ON WORLD WAR TWO

From Winston Churchill – Volume V. CLOSING THE RING.

P.408. General Mihailovic was its first and foremost champion.

P.408. Mihailovic drifted gradually into a posture where some of his commanders made accommodations with the German and Italian troops to be left alone in return for doing little or nothing against the enemy.

P.408. By the autumn of 1941, Serbian resistance to the German terror had become only a shadow. Cruel strife was proceeding between the Partisans and the Chetniks.

P.411. “powerful cold-blooded manoeuvres of Mihailovic in Serbia.”

It is clear from information available to the war office that the Chetniks are hopelessly compromised in their relations with the Axis in Herzegovina and Montenegro. During the recent fighting it had been the Partisans rather than the Chetniks who had been holding down the Axis forces.

P.413. We had   ....... therefore to persuade the King to dismiss Mihailovic from his post as Minister of War. Early in December [1943], we withdrew official support from Mihailovic and recalled the British missions operating in his territory.

Serbian Chetnik General Staff meeting with the heads of the Italian Fascist gov’t, 1942.

According to SIR FITZROY MACLEAN –in his book-“TITO”.

“The British had by this time resolved the problem of their relations with the Chetniks. Some months earlier Mr Churchill had decided to give  Mihailovic a last chance, informing him that, unless the Chetniks had within a reasonable time destroyed a certain bridge on the Belgrade-Salonika railway, all British liaison officers would be withdrawn and all supplies cease. The appointed period lapsed. The bridge was not destroyed. And in May all British Officers serving with the Chetniks were withdrawn. In Serbia all Allied help now went to the Partisans, bringing them considerable psychological and political, as well as purely military advantages. “The reason why we have ceased to supply Mihailovic with arms and support”, Mr Churchill told the House of Commons, “is a simple one. He has not been fighting the enemy and moreover some of his subordinates have been making accommodations with the enemy.”

Serbian Chetniks are able to march in Australia’s most sacred celebration of its own soldiers because it seems that hiding Nazis in plain sight is a winning strategy.

Serbian Chetniks posing in front of Australian War Memorial, Sydney, 2016.