Draza Mihailovich and his Chetnik guerrilla forces rescued 513 downed U.S. airmen in 1944 who were shot down over Serbia by German troops which was documented in Gregory Freeman's book The Forgotten 500.
In 2015, a Serbian court invalidated Draza Mihailovich's 1946 conviction by a Communist court. The court held that it had been a Communist political show trial that was controlled by the government. The court concluded that Draza Mihailovich had not received a fair trial.
In 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman awarded Draza Mihailovich the Legion of Merit award, based on the recommendation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, for his contributions to the Allied victory in World War II over the Axis countries.
Charles de Gaulle awarded Draza Mihailovich the Croix de Guerre medal.
Draza Mihailovich met twice with Stalinist and Communist Partisan guerrilla leader Josip Broz Tito in an unsuccessful attempt to unify both resistance movements. They collaborated with each other in joint operations against Axis troops in 1941 but relations eventually broke down. The Partisans wanted to overthrow the Yugoslav government and establish a Communist dictatorship.