 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 6 April 1941, Yugoslavia yakapindirwakubva kumativi ose namasimba eAxis, akatungamirirwa nemauto eGermany. Stojanović akapiwa basa rokuva chiremba muuto revarwi raiva muBanja Luka. Kwemazuva anoverengeka mushure mekupinda kwechikwata ichi chakatamira kuDalmatia, isati yaparara zvachose pasina kurwisa muvengi, uye Stojanović akadzokera kuPrijedor. Hondo yeRoyal Yugoslav yakapa musi wa 17 April, uye masimba eAxis akatanga kuparadza Yugoslavia. Inenge nyika yose yeCroatia yemazuva ano, Bosnia neHerzegovina yose yemazuva ano, uye zvikamu zveSerbia yemazuva ano zvakabatanidzwa kuva nyika yechidhori yainzi Independent State of Croatia , NDH. Yakanga iri Italy-German quasi-protectorate, iyo yaidzorwa nefascist Ustaše inotungamirwa naAnte Pavelić. Imwe yemitemo yayo yaive yekubvisa vanhu verudzi rweSerb veNDH kuburikidza nekuuraya vanhu vazhinji, kudzingwa uye kumanikidza kuenzana, uye maSerb mazhinji akatiza kubva kuNDH kuenda kunharaunda yeGerman yeSerbia. 