In six days of questioning by the public prosecutor, Mihaylovitch admitted to guilt on practically all counts, although he appears to have done his best to shield behind a plea that he was a victim of circumstance and of the disobedience of his own commanders in the field [REF].
The trial showed, according to historian Jozo Tomasevich, that Mihailović had never had firm and full control over his local commanders [REF].