Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa25 Kurume 1941, hurumende yemutongi Crown Prince Paul yakasaina Tripartite Chibvumirano, ichibatanidza masimba eAxis mukuedza kugara 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 rakanga
rakaputirwa zvikuru neLuftwaffe pana 6 April 1941, apo vanhu vanosvika 24 000 vakaurawa. Yugoslavia yakabva yapindirwa nemauto eGermany, Italy, Hungary, neBulgaria, Belgrade yakatorwa nemauto eGermany musi wa13 Kubvumbi 1941 uye misha yekumabvazuva kusvika kuZemun, munzvimbo yeguta reBelgrade, yakabatanidzwa muhurumende yeNazi, Nyika Yakazvimirira yeCroatia. Belgrade yakava chigaro chehurumende yaNedić, yaitungamirirwa naGeneral Milan Nedić.