The Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Broadcasting on the London Radio 1941 - 1944 (cooperation and misunderstandings) Cover Image

Југословенска краљевска влада и оглашавање на лондонском радију 1941-1944 (сарадња и неспоразуми)
The Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Broadcasting on the London Radio 1941 - 1944 (cooperation and misunderstandings)

Author(s): Milan Terzić
Subject(s): Governance, Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Kingdom of Yugolsavia; government; broadcast; London radio; 1941-1944; British-Yugoslav negotiations; diplomacy; misunderstanding the information;

Summary/Abstract: British-Yugoslav negotiations over broadcasting on the London Radio were cooperative, but full of misunderstandings. The British allowed the broadcast of the “Military Program” in Serbo-Croatian during 1942 and the beginning of 1943. Misunderstandings occurred when coded information was announced on the radio, some individual names were broadcast (that was considered to be denunciation), and news was transmitted about Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia. This experience provides insight into British policy towards the Yugoslav Government and events in Yugoslavia; that policy perceived reality in the scope of general war attitudes and British interests. At Yugoslav demand, the British side shaded details of Yugoslav war reality in a diplomatic way and overlooked the Yugoslav Government’s (Military Cabinet) lack of tactics and understanding. The Yugoslav side demanded that the British accept its positions and forgot the advice that you should not anger the one you are begging for something.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 66-88
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Serbian