October 31, 2026

After a German airdrop outside Tito's Drvar headquarters in June 1944 (code-named Operation Knight's Leap), this British officer was awarded the MBE in August; later, with writer Evelyn Waugh, he established a military mission at Topusko on 16 September 1944. Which officer is being described?

A Henry Morton Stanley
B William Miller Macmillan
C Randolph Churchill
D Charles George Gordon

Randolph Churchill was awarded the MBE after the German airdrop at Tito's Drvar HQ in June 1944, code-named Operation Knight's Leap, and later established a military mission at Topusko on 16 September 1944 with writer Evelyn Waugh.

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