Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, Muchinda Paul akasaina chibvumirano chemubatanidzwa musi wa25 Kurume 1941, achiunza nyika yake mumusasa weAxis. Vachiramba chisarudzo ichi, uto reYugoslavia rakamukira mazuva maviri gare gare ndokuzivisa kuti vazhinji vechiduku Peter II vaizotora simba rose. Paul, Olga nevana vavo vatatu vakabva vasungwa ndokuiswa mumaoko evaBritish, avo vakavaendesa kuGreece (kwavakagamuchirwa naMambo George II) ndokuzoenda kuEgypt (vachinyepedzera kuti vaida kupandukira hurumende). Panguva imwe cheteyo, kuwa kwoubati ushe hweYugoslavia kwakatungamirira Hitler kubhomba Belgrade
uye kupinda munyika muna April 1941.