Operation Alfa Dobroslav Jevđević
towards end of august 1942, mihailović issued directives chetnik units, including operating in ndh such jevđević s forces, ordering them prepare large scale anti-partisan operation alongside italian , ndh troops. in september 1942, aware unable defeat partisans alone, chetniks tried persuade italians undertake large operation against partisans in western bosnia. trifunović-birčanin met roatta on 10 , 21 september , urged him undertake operation possible clear partisans prozor–livno area , offered 7,500 chetniks aid on condition given necessary arms , supplies. successful in obtaining arms , promises of action. proposed operation, faced opposition ustaše leader ante pavelić , cautious italian high command, cancelled, after jevđević , trifunović-birčanin promised cooperate croat , muslim anti-partisan units, went ahead, less chetnik involvement.
in october 1942, jevđević , baćović, 3,000 chetniks herzegovina , southeast bosnia, participated in italian-led operation alfa. involved two-pronged thrust towards town of prozor. german , ndh troops drove north, , italian , chetnik forces pushed neretva river. prozor , smaller towns captured combined italian–chetnik force. individual chetnik bands, acting on own, proceeded burn number of muslim , catholic villages, , killed between 543 , 2,500 non-serbs in prozor area. behaviour angered ndh government , italians had order chetniks withdraw. discharged altogether while others sent northern dalmatia aid Đujić s forces. month after massacre, jevđević , baćović wrote self-critical report on prozor mihailović, hoping distance actions of troops.
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