Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Umambo hweYugoslavia hwakaedza kuramba husina kwahunotsigira munguva yakatangira Hondo Yenyika II. Milan Stojadinović, mutungamiriri wehurumende, akaedza kushingaira kufadza Adolf Hitler uku achichengeta mubatanidzwa neyaimbova Entente Powers, UK neFrance. Pasinei nokuvhurika kuGermany, mutemo weYugoslavia wakanga usiri unopesana nechiJudha: somuenzaniso, Yugoslavia yakazarura miganhu yayo kuvaJudha veAustria vachitevera Anschluss. Pasi pokumanikidzwa kunowedzera kwokupa zvikumbiro zveGermany zvokupfuura kwakachengeteka kwemauto ayo kuenda kuGreece, Yugoslavia yakasaina Chibvumirano cheMatatu neGermany neItaly, kufanana neBulgaria neHungary. Kusiyana nedzimwe mbiri, zvisinei, hurumende yakasaina yaMaček naCvetković yakakandirwa pasi mazuva matatu gare gare mukutsigirwa neBritain kwevatungamiriri vehurumende vanodisa nyika, vanopesana neGerman. Hurumende itsva yakakurumidza kubvisa siginecha yeYugoslavia paChibvumirano chacho ndokudanidzira kuti pave nokusatora rutivi kwakasimba. Kupindura kweGermany kwakanga kuri kwokukurumidza uye kwoutsinye: Belgrade yakaputirwa mabhomba pasina kuzivisa hondo
musi wa6 April 1941 uye mauto eGermany, Italy, Hungary neBulgaria akapinda muYugoslavia.