 He was sent by the HQ of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland to the Prilep area of Macedonia in 1941, in order to organize Chetnik detachments.Since 1941, he was the commander of the Poreče Chetnik Detachment, active in the Bitola, Prilep and Veles "srezi".He was the commander of the Prilep Brigade and second commander of the Veles Brigade, of the 2nd Vardar Corpus (Poreče Corps, formed in late 1943).