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Introduction
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World War 2 officially started in Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941 when Germany invaded, although politically games started long before Germany attacked Poland. During prewar period Kingdom of Yugoslavia through political and economical pressure started moving away from its natural allies United Kingdom and France towards Axis camp. Loss of Czechoslovakia and breakup of Little Entente only speed up this process which lead to signing of Tripartite pact and finally coup which triggered German invasion.
During invasion Blitzkrieg helped by apathy amongst French style officers' corps which after fall of France lost almost all will to fight Germans together with rebellion of Croats in some units caused quick disintegration of Yugoslav Army and capitulation. Germany quickly dismembered Yugoslav kingdom amongst in neighbors and formed puppet regimes in Croatia and Serbia. Quick redeployment of German units for attack on Soviet Union prevented proper pacification something Germans will regret until the end of the war.
After initial shock from invasion has passed resistance begun to form, at first there was little difference between rebel groups but as ideology come to play they quickly split apart. Royalist Chetniks lacked strong centralized leadership and usually groups identified themselves with there commander although by the war most of them acknowledge Draza Mihailovic's as overall commander and become part of his Yugoslav Army in Fatherland, on the other hand Communists better known as Josip Broz Tito's Partisans had strong prewar structure of party cells which allowed them to coordinate and organize far effective military force which in the end lead them to victory. Caught between two fires Chetnik commanders quickly sided with Axis in exchange for arms deciding that communist were bigger threat then Nazi Germany until Western Allies landed in Balkans so they could join them.
Unfortunately for Chetniks these landing come only in Greece once Germans withdrawal triggered civil war there and with Soviet army arriving all of there hopes were gone. In the meantime Tito's Partisans constantly become stronger and took control of bigger and bigger territory threatening vital communications and interfering with exploitation of natural resources forcing Axis troops to launch numerous operations against them.
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