Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 6 April 1941 Germany, Italy, Hungary, neBulgaria dzakapinda muYugoslavia, uye Luftwaffe
bhomba reBelgrade kwamazuva matatu richiuraya vanhu 17 000. Belgrade yakatorwa nemauto eGermany musi wa13 Kubvumbi 1941, uye mazuva mana gare gare musi wa17 Kubvumbi 1941 Royal Yugoslav Army yakapa pasina mvumo. Achiteerera zano uye nomwoyo unorwadza, Mambo Peter II akasiya nyika yacho kuti atsvake rutsigiro rweAllies. Akakwaziswa segamba rakanga rakashinga kushora Hitler. Hurumende yeRoyal Yugoslav, iro bedzi sangano repamutemo reYugoslavia, rakaramba richishanda muLondon. Masimba eAxis anobata ipapo akakamura Yugoslavia. Zvikamu zvokumadokero kwenyika pamwe chete neBosnia neHerzegovina zvakashandurwa kuva nyika yeNazi inonzi Independent State of Croatia (NDH) uye inotongwa neUstache. Zvizhinji zvenharaunda yeSerbia yemazuva ano zvakatorwa neuto reGerman uye zvaitongwa neGerman Military Administration muSerbia. Nzvimbo yaitongwa yainzi Serbia kana Nzvimbo yeMukuru wemauto muSerbia, uye, kunze kwevatungamiriri vemauto eGerman, yaitongwawo nehurumende dzechikwambo cheSerbia kutanga pasi paMilan Aćimović uyezve pasi pevakuru vemauto eSerbia Milan Nedić. Nharaunda dzokuchamhembe dzakabatanidzwa neHungary, uye nharaunda dzokumabvazuva nedzokumaodzanyemba neBulgaria. Kosovo neMetohija yakanyanyobatanidzwa neAlbania iyo yakanga iri pasi pokutsigira kweItaly yechiFascist. Montenegro yakarasikirwawo nenharaunda kuAlbania uye yakabva yatorwa nemauto eItaly. Slovenia yakakamurwa pakati peGermany neItaly, iyo yakatorawo zvitsuwa zviri muAdriatic.