Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines

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Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia and Western Desert campaign
German poster about shooting 50 men of Draža Mihailović because of destruction of railway bridge between Požarevac and Petrovac na Mlavi in December 1942
Date 31 April, or July[1] or early August 1942 [2] — 1943 Location Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
Belligerents
Axis:  Germany	Chetniks
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Draža Mihailović Dragutin Keserović Velimir Piletić
Units involved
	Rasina Corps Krajina Corps Avala Corps

The Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines was a campaign of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (commonly known as the Chetniks) in which it sabotaged Axis communication lines, mostly along the rivers Morava, Vardar and Danube, to obstruct the transport of German war material through Serbia to Thessaloniki and further to Libya during the Western Desert campaign. The Chetnik sabotages were organized from 31 April, or according to some sources, since July or early August 1942.

After initial support to Mihailovićs Chetniks tactics used against Axis forces in Serbia, since the closing of Summer 1942 the British started to believe that such actions were not enough. On the other hand, the German command decided that such actions were enough for them to make decision to annihilate Chetniks.

During the period, in which these events took place, the Chetnik command was embedded with a members of the British mission, Edgar Hargreeves and Jasper Rootem.