Yugoslavia in War 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 NumberTitleOriginal titleOverviewContributors1March 2727. martYugoslav coup d'état2April 66. aprilInvasion of Yugoslavia3April 1010. travanjCreation of Independent State of Croatia4Serbia, Spring 1941Srbija, proleće 1941.Creation of Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia5Serbia, Summer 1941Serbia, leto 1941.Uprising in Serbia6Serbia, Fall 1941Srbija, jesen 1941.Partisan-Chetnik split and beginning of civil war, Operation Užice7July 1313. juli13 July uprising, battle of Pljevlja8Independent State of Croatia - Ustashe RevolutionNDH - ustaška revolucijaUstashe atrocities in 1941, Glina massacre, creation of Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia9Independent State of Croatia - The Flower of CroatdomNDH - cvijet hrvatsvaBosnia and Bosnian Muslims in 194110Preemptive LiquidationsPreventive likvidacijeLeftist errors11Dark Side of Pacification of Independent State of CroatiaNaličje pacifikacije NDHCreation of Croatian Orthodox Church, Ustasha-Chetnik collaboration, Battle of Kozara12Pacification of SerbiaUmirivanje SrbijeGovernment of National Salvation, war crimes in Serbia 1941–194413Yugoslav Government in ExileJugoslovenska vlada u izbeglištvuYugoslav Government in Exile14Black and WhiteCrno i beloRepublic of Bihać, Operation Weiss, March negotiations, Operation Schwarz15FederationsFederacijePlans of all sides for post-war organization of Yugoslav territories16British Bet or ConspiracyBritanski ulog ili zaveraRole of SOE in Churchill's decision to abandon Chetniks and support partisans17A State of ReconciliationDržava pomirenjaSecond session of AVNOJ18British FinaleBritanska završnicaVis Agreement19VendéeVandejaCivilian life in occupied Serbia, Ba Congress, Chetniks in 1943–4420MigrationSelidbaLiberation of Serbia and Belgrade Offensive21Stalin's FinaleStaljinova završnicaTemporary Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia22MayMajSyrmian Front and the end of the war23War StoriesRatne pričePersonal stories, anecdotes, and commentary by war participantsspecial episodeStepinac – Saint or Criminal?Stepinac – svetac ili zločinac?Alojzije Stepinac and Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustašespecial episodeSloveniaSlovenijaWorld 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
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