Invasion of Yugoslavia

The Invasion of Yugoslavia, was an invasion by the Axis powers against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that happened from 6 April 1941 - 17 April 1941.

Invasion of Yugoslavia
Part of The Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II and the European theatre of World War II
Map illustrating the movements of the Axis forces in Yugoslavia and Greece
Date 6 - 17 April 1941 Location Yugoslavia Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Axis Germany Italy Hungary	Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Walther von Brauchitsch Maximilian von Weichs Wilhelm List Ewald von Kleist Vittorio Ambrosio Alessandro Pirzio Biroli Elemér Gorondy-Novák	Dušan Simović Danilo Kalafatović Milorad Petrović Milutin Nedić Milan Nedić Vladimir Cukavac

For The liberation, see Liberation of Yugoslavia.

History

on 25 March 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact and joined the Axis powers. But two days later the axis government was overthrown and replaced with an Allied government. This enraged Hitler (the dictator of the Third Reich) and so the axis powers invaded on 6 April. There were 19 German divisions, 22 Italian divisions, and the Hungarian 3rd army. Belgrade fell on 12 April and 5 days later Yugoslavia surrendered.

after the invasion, parts of Yugoslavia were annexed into Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Italian Albania.

during the occupation, resistance movements like Titos Partisans would fight against the axis and would liberate the country in 1945.