ian ▁national ism . ▁He ▁also ▁co oper ated ▁act ively ▁with ▁M uss ol ini ’ s ▁F asc ist ▁Italy , ▁Admir al ▁H orth y ’ s ▁Hung ary ▁and ▁Hitler ’ s ▁Naz i ▁Germany . ▁He ▁changed ▁the ▁organization ' s ▁tact ics ▁from ▁gu err illa ▁campaign s ▁to ▁individual ▁terror ist ▁acts . ▁N umer ous ▁terror ist ▁attacks ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁IM RO ▁ ▁against ▁Y ug oslav ▁officials ▁under ▁his ▁leadership , ▁the ▁most ▁spect ac ular ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁assass ination ▁of ▁Alexander ▁I ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Cro at ian ▁U sta še . ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁realize ▁the ▁IM RO ▁plan ▁about ▁Independent ▁Mac ed onia , ▁however ▁he ▁abandoned ▁this ▁idea ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁real ▁German ▁military ▁support . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁only ▁a ▁months ▁before ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁he ▁kept ▁ins isting : ▁I ▁am ▁Bulgar ian ▁from ▁Mac ed onia . ▁ ▁Thus , ▁reject ing ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁national ▁separ at ism , ▁he ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁bul gar oph ile ▁tra itor ▁in ▁North ▁Mac ed onia . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁ ▁Ivan ▁Mih ail ov ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁August ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Nov o ▁S elo ▁( now ▁part ▁of ▁Š tip ▁Municip