▁also ▁conf ined ▁in ▁pr isons ▁or ▁cam ps . ▁ ▁The ▁coordin ated ▁activities ▁of ▁O Z NA , ▁The ▁Corps ▁of ▁People ' s ▁Def ence ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁( K NO J ) ▁and ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁People ' s ▁Army ▁( J NA ) ▁in ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 5 / 4 6 ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Cr us aders ▁who ▁en list ed ▁fug it ives ▁from ▁pr isons ▁and ▁cam ps ▁was ▁destroyed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Cr us aders ▁became ▁stronger ▁in ▁northern ▁Cro atia , ▁while ▁in ▁south ▁their ▁power ▁was ▁decre asing . ▁The ▁Y ug oslav ▁authorities ▁were ▁torn ▁between ▁wish ing ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁and ▁their ▁ref us al ▁to ▁admit ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁seriously . ▁In ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁on ▁radio , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁were ▁almost ▁never ▁mentioned . ▁They ▁were ▁only ▁mentioned ▁during ▁the ▁tri als ▁of ▁Cr us aders ▁or ▁trial ▁of ▁Alo j z ije ▁Ste pin ac . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Ch et nik s , ▁Dra ž a ▁Mih ail ović ▁was ▁captured . ▁In ▁July ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁Cro atia , ▁Vladimir ▁Bak ari ć ▁stated ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁destroy ▁the ▁gu err illas ▁within ▁a ▁month ▁if ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁wer en