Overview of the Slavko N. Bjelajac papers

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Title: Slavko N. Bjelajac papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-1984
Collection Number: 86051
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Serbo-Croatian and English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, lectures, other writings, letters, reports, directives, clippings, and photographs, relating to military operations in Yugoslavia during World War II; the C?etnik resistance movement led by General Draz?a Mihailovic in Yugoslavia, the nature of guerrilla warfare, and counter-guerrilla operational plans developed by the United States Army.
Creator: Bjelajac, Slavko N. (Slavko Nikola), 1905-1984
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Slavko N. Bjelajac papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Colonel, Yugoslav army; Cetnik resistance commander during World War II; subsequently consultant, United States Department of the Army.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, lectures, other writings, letters, reports, directives, clippings, and photographs, relating to military operations in Yugoslavia during World War II; the C?etnik resistance movement led by General Draz?a Mihailovic in Yugoslavia, the nature of guerrilla warfare, and counter-guerrilla operational plans developed by the United States Army.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945
Guerrilla warfare
United States. Army
Mihailović, Draža, 1893-1946

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