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1945–1992. Republics and provinces of the SFR Yugoslavia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was divided into 6 republics and two autonomous provinces: Serbia (including the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo) Croatia. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Macedonia. Slovenia.
World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was invaded and swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned among Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941, [25] the communist -led republican Yugoslav Partisans, on orders from Moscow ...
The concept of Yugoslavia, as a common state for all South Slavic peoples, emerged in the late 17th century and gained prominence through the Illyrian Movement of the 19th century. The name was created by the combination of the Slavic words jug ("south") and Slaveni / Sloveni (Slavs).
e. World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia started with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Under the pressure of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, part of the Macedonian communists began in October 1941 a political and military campaign to resist the occupation of Vardar Macedonia. Officially, the area was called then Vardar Banovina ...
Yugoslavia and the Allies. In 1941 when the Axis invaded Yugoslavia, King Peter II formed a Government in exile in London, and in January 1942 the royalist Draža Mihailović became the Minister of War with British backing. But by June or July 1943, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had decided to withdraw support from Mihailović and ...
Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia includes various administrative and federal divisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (initially known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. Bosnia and Herzegovina in World War II (6 C, 36 P) Kosovo in World War II (2 P) Montenegro in World War II (2 C, 20 P) Serbia in World War II (6 C, 50 P) Slovenia in World War II (2 C, 40 P) Croatia in World War II (5 C, 49 P) Yugoslav Macedonia in World ...
Category: Divisions of Yugoslavia. 1 language. ... This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. D. Divisions of Yugoslav Air Force (16 P) P.