Draža Mihailović held the rank of Colonel during the 1941 Chetnik attack on Užice.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (Britannica, Wikipedia, military history sites) confirm Mihailović held the rank of Colonel until his promotion to brigadier general in December 1941, after the November 1941 Užice fighting. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Chetnik attack on the Užice Republic (wikipedia)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Mihailovic (corroboration)
- http://www.generalmihailovich.com/2006/ (corroboration)