Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kupinda kweGermany muYugoslavia kwakatanga musi wa6 April 1941 nekurwisa kukuru kwebhomba, zvikurukuru kweBelgrade (
Operation "Retribution"). Muchiedza chisina maturo chekumisa uto reGerman raifambira mberi, Royal Yugoslav Army yakafunga kuputsa mabhiriji matatu ese aivapo muBelgrade panguva iyoyo (mamwe maviri aive Old Railroad Bridge uye Bridge raMambo Peter II). Mutungamiriri wemauto eBelgrade, mukuru Vojislav Nikolajević, akarayirwa kuti avaparadze, uye murayiro weKing Alexander Bridge wakaitwa naMajor Velimir Piletić. Bhiriji racho rakagadziriswa nemabhomba musi wa 11 April 1941. Yakaputitswa mukati mousiku uye yakabuda mubasa asi kunze kwokukundikana kumisa uto rinopamba, kuputsa kwacho kwakatungamirira zvakananga mutsaona inouraya. Sezvo Hondo yeMambo yakanga iri mumhirizhonga, vakaputika zambuko apo tugboat "Tanasko Rajić" yakanga ichidhonza ngarava yekutakura mauto "Korana" ine varwi veYugoslav, ichivaendesa kunzvimbo yekuchengetedza mumusha weOstružnica, pasi peSava. Vasingaoni ngarava dzacho murima guru, mainjiniya ehondo akaputika zambuko racho uye chivako chacho chakawira zvakananga mungarava dzacho, chichiuraya varwi 95 pa110 nevashandi.