In July 1944 , the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) drew Motion up plans to send Sending a team to Chetniks led by General Draža Mihailović in the German-occupied Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia for the purpose of evacuating Removing Allied airmen shot down over that area .

The operation Military_operation was arranged Arranging between `` Generale designato d'armata '' ( acting General ) Mario Roatta , commander of the Italian Second Army , and Chetnik commander ( `` vojvoda '' ) Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin with approval of Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović .

Mihailović was captured Conquering by the communist authorities following the war Hostile_encounter , tried and found Know guilty for the Chetnik actions at Prozor ( among other charges Judgment_communication ) , and was sentenced Rewards_and_punishments to death Death and executed Killing .

The Chetnik leader Dragoljub Mihailović abandoned GiveUp the uprising in late October and entered Arriving into negotiations with the quisling government and the Germans in order to destroy the rival Partisans .