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The June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina began when Serbs in eastern Herzegovina rebelled against the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia. Born: Robert Hunter, poet, singer and songwriter, in San Luis Obispo, California (d. 2019) Died: Frederick Gottwald, 82, American painter
The Independent State of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany [8] [9] and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers.
China officially declares war on Japan, although a de facto state of war has existed between the two countries since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937. China also declares war on Germany and Italy. Australia officially declares war on Japan. South Africa declares war on Japan, regarded as if at war from 8th December 1941.
Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia on a map of all camps in Yugoslavia in World War II.. The Holocaust saw the genocide of Jews, Serbs and Romani within the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH), a fascist puppet state that existed during World War II, led by the Ustaše regime, which ruled an occupied area of Yugoslavia including most of ...
The Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was founded on 10 April 1941 by the Axis powers (after the invasion of Yugoslavia), who installed the fascist Ustasha organization as the puppet government. The Independent State of Croatia consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and all of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina , together with some parts of ...
The fascist Ustaše government of the NDH pledged Germany for military and diplomatic assistance as they predicted Italian territorial ambitions would extend to their own core territory after ceding most of the coastal area of Dalmatia to Italy in treaties signed on 18 May 1941. [3] By 25 June 1941, Poglavnik Ante Pavelić, the leader of the ...
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
On 27 April 1941 a newly formed unit of the Ustaše army killed members of the largely Serbian community of Gudovac, near Bjelovar. Eventually all who opposed and/or threatened the Ustaše were outlawed. The HSS was banned on 11 June 1941, in an attempt by the Ustaše to take their place as the primary representative of the Croatian peasantry.