Yugoslavia in War 1941–1945
# Yugoslavia in War 1941–1945

Yugoslavia in War 1941–1945 (Serbo-Croatian: Југославија у рату 1941-1945., Jugoslavija u ratu 1941–1945.) is a Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) documentary series first broadcast in the early 1990s. The documentary includes participants and eyewitnesses from the war, as well as notable Yugoslav, British, German, Russian and Italian historians, publicists and journalists. The documentary attempts to provide multiple viewpoints for significant events of that time period.

## Episodes

| Number | Title | Original title | Overview |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | March 27 | 27. mart | Yugoslav coup d'état |
| 2 | April 6 | 6. april | Invasion of Yugoslavia |
| 3 | April 10 | 10. travanj | Creation of Independent State of Croatia |
| 4 | Serbia, Spring 1941 | Srbija, proleće 1941. | Creation of Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
| 5 | Serbia, Summer 1941 | Serbia, leto 1941. | Uprising in Serbia |
| 6 | Serbia, Fall 1941 | Srbija, jesen 1941. | Partisan-Chetnik split and beginning of civil war, Operation Užice |
| 7 | July 13 | 13. juli | 13 July uprising, battle of Pljevlja |
| 8 | Independent State of Croatia - Ustashe Revolution | NDH - ustaška revolucija | Ustashe atrocities in 1941, Glina massacre, creation of Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia |
| 9 | Independent State of Croatia - The Flower of Croatdom | NDH - cvijet hrvatsva | Bosnia and Bosnian Muslims in 1941 |
| 10 | Preemptive Liquidations | Preventive likvidacije | Leftist errors |
| 11 | Dark Side of Pacification of Independent State of Croatia | Naličje pacifikacije NDH | Creation of Croatian Orthodox Church, Ustasha-Chetnik collaboration, Battle of Kozara |
| 12 | Pacification of Serbia | Umirivanje Srbije | Government of National Salvation, war crimes in Serbia 1941–1944 |
| 13 | Yugoslav Government in Exile | Jugoslovenska vlada u izbeglištvu | Yugoslav Government in Exile |
| 14 | Black and White | Crno i belo | Republic of Bihać, Case White, March negotiations, Case Black |
| 15 | Federations | Federacije | Plans of all sides for post-war organization of Yugoslav territories |
| 16 | British Bet or Conspiracy | Britanski ulog ili zavera | Role of SOE in Churchill's decision to abandon Chetniks and support partisans |
| 17 | A State of Reconciliation | Država pomirenja | Second session of AVNOJ |
| 18 | British Finale | Britanska završnica | Vis Agreement |
| 19 | Vendée | Vandeja | Civilian life in occupied Serbia, Ba Congress, Chetniks in 1943–44 |
| 20 | Migration | Selidba | Liberation of Serbia and Belgrade Offensive |
| 21 | Stalin's Finale | Staljinova završnica | Temporary Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| 22 | May | Maj | Syrmian Front and the end of the war |
| 23 | War Stories | Ratne priče | Personal stories, anecdotes, and commentary by war participants |
| special episode | Stepinac – Saint or Criminal? | Stepinac – svetac ili zločinac? | Alojzije Stepinac and Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše |
| special episode | Slovenia | Slovenija | World War II in the Slovene Lands |

## Contributors

### Direct participants and eyewitnesses

**Members of Yugoslav government and Yugoslav Royal Army**

* Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
* Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
* Nikola Kosić, a mayor of YRA
* Svetozar Lolić

**Partisans**

* Milovan Đilas
* Vladimir Velebit
* Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo
* Vlado Dapčević
* Milutin Morača
* Nikola Ilić
* Milan Basta
* Mihailo Švabić
* Mirko Stanojković
* Mihajlo Đurđević
* Aleksandar Stevanović
* Zoran Milentijević
* Jože Žukovec
* Ante Klarić
* Vera Sarić
* Aleksandar Krunić
* Mihailo Marković

**Chetniks**

* Miomir Kolarević
* Branko Mihailović, son of Dragoljub Mihailović
* Radoban Dubak, a flag bearer of Pavle Đurišić
* Vladan Radosavljević, son of a Chetnik commander

**Others**

* Claus Vogell, a captain of Wehrmacht
* Julian Amery
* Peter Kemp
* Ljuban Jednak, the sole survivor of Glina massacre

### Historians, publicists and journalists

**Yugoslavs**

* Branko Petranović (also a partisan during the war)
* Mile Bjelajac
* Čedomir Popov
* Bogdan Krizman
* Dušan Bilandžić (also a partisan during the war)
* Aleksandar Kasaš
* Radmila Radić
* Savo Skoko (also a partisan during the war)
* Enver Redžić (also a partisan during the war)
* Stevan K. Pavlowitch
* Milan Koljanin
* Radmila Radić
* Čedomir Janić
* Feliks Pašić
* Jaša Almuli
* Smilja Avramov
* Milan Ristović
* Rasim Hurem
* Dragan Ćirić
* Dragoljub Živojinović
* Gojko Miljanić
* Dragoljub Mirčetić (also a partisan during the war)

**Foreign**

* Holm Sundhaussen
* Manfred Messerschmidt
* Karl-Heinz Schlarp
* Basil Davidson
* Michael McConville
* Igor Buharkin
* Leonid Gibiansky
* Francesco Privitera
