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Among them were 66.5% Serbs, 10.2% Croats, 7.8% Muslims, 5.8% Jews, 4.9% Roma, and 4.9 others and undetermined. The estimate is based on a partially revised victims list from the 1964 Yugoslav census, excluding casualties that occurred after the formal end of the war. The civilian deaths in the NDH make up 73% of all civilian deaths in Yugoslavia.
The following is a list of massacres and mass executions that occurred in Yugoslavia during World War II. Areas once part of Yugoslavia that are now parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro; see the lists of massacres in those countries for more details.
World War II in Yugoslavia; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Ante Pavelić visits Adolf Hitler at the Berghof; Stjepan Filipović hanged by the occupation forces; Draža Mihailović confers with his troops; a group of Chetniks with German soldiers in a village in Serbia; Josip Broz Tito with members of the British mission
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
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In April 1939, Italy opened a second frontier with Yugoslavia when it invaded and occupied neighbouring Albania. [1] At the outbreak of World War II, the Yugoslav government declared its neutrality. [2] Between September and November 1940, Hungary and Romania joined the Tripartite Pact, aligning themselves with the Axis, and Italy invaded Greece.
NOTE: Yugoslavia broke apart in the 1990s to form the following 5 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; North Macedonia; Slovenia; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY); In 2003, the FRY was reconstituted as the federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
Works about Yugoslavia in World War II (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Yugoslavia in World War II" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total.