THE EXPOSURE OF THE RAVNA GORA ORGANIZATION IN THE POLJANICA AND MASURICA DISTRICTS IN LATE 1942 AND EARLY 1943

Abstract

This article investigates the discovery and suppression of the Rana Gora (Yugoslav Army in Fatherland) organization in the Masurica and Poljanica districts during the late 1942 and early 1943 by the Bulgarian occupation authorities. Drawing on newly available archival sources, it challenges the distorted interpretations of communist-era historiography and provides a more accurate reconstruction of events. The study also examines the policy employed by the Bulgarian occupation regime in combating Serbian National resistance led by general Dragoljub Mihailović. The fingdings contribute to a deeper unerstanding of the dynamics of occupation, resistance and repression in southern Serbia during World War II.