- ll - imum of resistance. Since there are no fixed lines, there are no protected liberated areas behind the lines. Tito' s own head- quarters are always located on an admittedly temporary basis and continuously perched precariously for flight in the event of quick approach of the enemy. The location of Tito's headquar- ters during March was in a place which had previously been held at different times by the Germans, the Italians, and the Ustashi. The village near which were the headquarters shows ample evidence of enemy occupation and destruction. It would probably not take the enemy more than a few hours at most to come in with tanks and ground troops and move Tito out any time they felt like it. While I was there, low-flying Dorniers and Stukas came over at will practically every day, dropping bombs and machine-gunning from altitudes of 50 to l00 feet. Against such operation the Parti- sans have no defense and they have been ordered not to fire on these planes since all they have to fire with is rifles and sub- machine guns, which gives them no chance of downing the planes, but which does tend to incite enemy fliers to concentrate their efforts on the spot from which this ineffectual anti-aircraft fire emanates. The Partisans fight, as might be expected, with very irreg- ular and loose military control from GHQ and with a great deal of reliance unavoidably placed upon the ability and initiative of the individual soldier and the company grade officers. There |