Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 6 April 1941, Umambo hweYugoslavia hwakapindirwa kubva kumativi ose neAxis powers, zvikurukuru nemauto eGermany, asiwo kusanganisira mauto eItaly, Hungary neBulgaria. Mukupinda kwacho,
Belgrade yakarwiswa ne"Luftwaffe". Kupinda kwacho kwakatora mazuva anopfuura gumi, kuchipera nokuzviisa pasi kweRoyal Yugoslav Army musi wa17 April. Kunze kwokusava nezvombo zvakakwana kana zvichienzaniswa neWehrmacht, Mauto akaedza kudzivirira miganhu yose asi akakwanisa kuparadzira zvishomanene bedzi zvinhu zvishoma zvaivapo.