The invasion of Yugoslavia was an attack by Nazi Germany and its allies, among them Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria, on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It followed a coup in Belgrade, in which officers had overthrown the regency that had signed the Tripartite Pact with the Axis, and Hitler responded by ordering an immediate invasion. Belgrade was heavily bombed, and German armored columns advanced from several directions, while the poorly equipped Yugoslav army, divided by ethnic tensions, quickly collapsed. The government and the young King Peter II went into exile. Yugoslavia was divided up among the occupiers, and a puppet state was set up in Croatia. Resistance soon began, which developed into a bitter war between the Partisans, Chetniks and occupiers.
Before and after
- 26 March 1941Birth of Richard Dawkins
- 28 March 1941Death of Virginia Woolf
- from 6 April 1941 to 30 April 1941Battle of Greece
- from 6 April 1941 to 15 May 1945World War II in Yugoslavia
- from 6 April 1941 to 18 April 1941Invasion of Yugoslavia
- from 10 April 1941 to 8 May 1945Independent State of Croatia
- from 2 May 1941 to 31 May 1941Anglo-Iraqi War
- 24 May 1941Birth of Bob Dylan
- 4 June 1941Death of Wilhelm II
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- 24 July 1923Treaty of Lausanne
- from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945World War II
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