Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović (Anglicised: Drazha Mihailovich; also known as Čiča, born in Ivanjica, Kingdom of Serbia, April 27, 1893-July 17, 1946) was a Serbian general now primarily remembered as leader of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman posthumously awarded him the Legion of Merit for overseeing the rescue of five hundred American airmen by Chetniks during World War II. Following the Yugoslav defeat by Germany in April 1941, a small group of officers and soldiers led by Mihailović refused to surrender, and retreated in hope of finding Yugoslav army units still fighting in the mountains. At Ravna Gora, Mihailović organized the Chetniks detachment of the Yugoslav Army, which became the Military-Chetnik Detachments and finally the Yugoslav Army of the Homeland(Jugoslovenska vojska u otadžbini). The first Chetnik formations led by Mihailović were formed around Ravna Gora on June 14. The stated goal of the Chetniks...