In our discussion of the attitude of the Western Allies towards the violence in Yugoslavia during World War II and in the immediate post-war period we should take into account the general outlook on and understanding of the contemporary circumstances in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America. Historiography has already thoroughly explored the Allied policy towards Yugoslavia, but not as much is known about the issue of violence. The author will try to present, from the substantive viewpoint, the Anglo-American outlook on the most important aspects of this issue: violence committed by the occupiers and the »national« opposing formations, as well as post-war violence of the new Yugoslav authorities (extrajudicial executions, deportations, attitude towards prisoners, political repression, etc.). He will also underline the key methodological questions, for example, what was supposedly the actual interest of the Western Allies in violence – and in all of its perpetrators – in Yugoslavia during and after the war, who informed them, and how they managed to follow the developments. He will emphasise the role of military or intelligence missions, various informants, and other means of gathering information. The author built his research on the hypothesis that the Western Allies were interested in registering as many examples of violence as possible, and they were most interested in cases where violence affected the Anglo-American soldiers and civilians directly.