Partisans and Chetniks in occupied Yugoslavia

Abstract

Being a historian of the region, I naturally welcomed the publishing of The Routledge Handbook of Balkan and Southeast European History in October 2020 (for more information on this edited volume see https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Balkan-and-Southeast-European-History/Lampe-Brunnbauer/p/ book/9781138613089). Whereas the vast majority of the contributions contained in the volume fall outside my area of expertise, I feel there are a number of points in Heather Williams’ piece „Partisans And Chetniks in occupied Yugoslavia“ that need to be addressed in some detail. Let’s start: