14 February 1941Hitler fails to persuade the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Dragisa Cvetkovic, to joinDragisa Cvetkovic
Hitler fails to persuade the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Dragisa Cvetkovic, to join the Axis
Historical records for Yugoslavia in 1941, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Hitler fails to persuade the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Dragisa Cvetkovic, to join the Axis
Hitler demands from Prince Paul that German troops pass through Yugoslavia to Greece
Yugoslavia signs the Tripartite Pact
Yugoslavia signs the Tripartite Pact
In front of Hitler & Ribbentrop Cvetkovic signs Yugoslavia to the Tripartite Pact
Overthrown in a Coup by Air Force officers which was supported by most of the Army
The Regency is overthrown by pro-Allied groups to resist German invasion. A coup is launched by anti-Prince Paul, Serbian military officers, and the Regent was replaced on the throne by King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Assumes power after a military coup in Belggrade
For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul is kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in Kenya
For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul is kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in Kenya
A coup is launched by anti-Prince Paul, Serbian military officers, and the Regent was replaced on the throne by King Peter II of Yugoslavia
Reneges on the Tripartite Pact
The Regency is overthrown by pro-Allied groups to resist German invasion
Reneges on the Tripartite Pact
Reneges on the Tripartite Pact. Offers a nonaggression pact with Germany, Hitler has to delay his invasion of Russia
An alliance is agreed with the USSR
The hostilities by Germany commence when Belgrade is bombed
Italian, Hungarian & Bulgarian troops invade Yugoslavia
Escapes by plane to Greece after the surrender of Yugoslavia to the Germans
German & Hungarian troops enter Belgrade
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
The Italian-backed Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic declared an Independent State of Croatia
The Yugoslav Army capitulates at Sarajevo, Simovic escapes to Greece
Leads the Chetniks against German occupation of Yugoslavia
Establishes a power base in the Ravna Gora mountains
Leads the Chetniks against German occupation of Yugoslavia
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