Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa25 Kurume 1941, hurumende yemutongi weCrown Prince Paul yakasaina Chibvumirano cheTripartite, ichibatanidza masimba eAxis mukuedza kuramba kunze kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri uye kuchengetedza Yugoslavia isina kwayakarerekera panguva yekunetsana. Izvi zvakakurumidza kuteverwa nekuratidzira kwakawanda muBelgrade uye coup d'état yechiuto inotungamirwa nemutungamiriri weAir Force General Dušan Simović, uyo akazivisa Mambo Peter II kuti ave nezera rekutonga umambo. Somugumisiro, guta racho rakabhombwa zvikuru
neLuftwaffe musi wa6 April 1941, ichiuraya vanhu vanosvika 2.274. Yugoslavia yakabva yapindirwa nemauto eGermany, Italy, Hungary, neBulgaria. Belgrade yakatorwa nechiito chokunyengera, varwi vatanhatu veGermany vaitungamirirwa nomukuru wavo Fritz Klingenberg vainyepedzera kukura kunotyisidzira, vachimanikidza guta kuti ritenderere. Belgrade yakatorwa zvakananga neGerman Army mumwedzi iwoyo uye yakava chigaro chehurumende yeNedić, inotungamirirwa nemukuru wayo. Zvimwe zvikamu zveBelgrade yanhasi zvakabatanidzwa muIndependent State yeCroatia muYugoslavia yaigarwa, imwe nyika yechidhiraivho, uko hurumende yeUstache yakaita Genocide yevaSerb.