fought against Balli Kombetar, Sandžak Muslim militia, partisans and the Chetniks. He controlled several small villages from a headquarters in a cave near a hilltop. Some sources say that Korda opposed to Chetniks' anticommunist policy, and Axis occupation forces in Montenegro blamed him for protecting communists in his region. His conflicts with Pavle Đurišić and other Chetnik commanders in the region made central control of Chetnik units in Montenegro impossible. Korda reported on 3 June 1942 that a delegation from Chetnik headquarters in Bijelo Polje asked him to come under the command of Pavle Đurišić, which he refused to do for the next several months. The behavior or many independent Chetnik leaders in the region (including Korda's abruptness) gave the region's population a negative impression of the movement. According to some documents, Draža Mihailović ordered Korda's execution because of his refusal to subordinate himself to the Chetnik command; however, Korda avoided death by participating in the actions organized against the occupying Axis forces and Muslims. Control of Bijelo Polje and Korda were factors in the conflict between Pavle Đurišić and Miloš Glišić. Chetniks in Montenegro After Miloš Glišić and his Chetniks were expelled from Nova Varoš, Korda was under the command of Pavle Đurišić; however, he independently controlled Serb villages on the border between Bijelo Polje and Sjenica. Đurišić appointed Korda commander of the 2nd Bijelo Polje brigade of the 150-man Lim-Sandžak Chetnik Detachment. According to published Chetnik postwar sources, Đurišić appointed Radenko Tmušić as Korda's assistant after Korda asked him for a professional military officer. Korda was one of the Chetnik commanders who participated in Đurišić's reprisals against Sandžak Muslims (many of whom were innocent), originally intended as revenge against the Sandžak Muslim militia. A group commanded by Vojislav Lukačević began with an attack on 5 January 1943. When the Chetniks began the offensive, Italian forces tried to reach Korda with a plea to stop the attacks but were driven off. A unit commanded by Korda burned 15 houses and killed 15 people that day, and Miraš Savić's unit began its attack the following day. In Februaty 1943 Italians warned Korda to stop disrupting peace, as he was seen as one of the main troublemakers in the region alongside Osman Rastoder. Italian forces attacked Korda's men in the village of Tocilovo (near Brodarevo), killing five Chetniks and capturing Korda's sister and niece on 12 June 1943. The Italian 2nd