 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchivako cheumishinari weCzechoslovak, Yugoslavia yakasaina kuzvipira muna June 1941, pashure pokurwiswa kweAxismuHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1943, sechikamu chemushandirapamwe wekurwisa mabhomba mukati mechikamu chemushandirapamwe wemafuta kurwisa Nazi Germany, US yakatanga kurwisa kukuru kwenzvimbo dzemafuta nemafuta muRomania, inozivikanwa seOperation Tidal Wave campaign. Pakudzoka kwavo, sezvo Belgrade yakanga iri nzvimbo inokosha yenzira, vanobhomba vakakanda mabhomba avo asina kushandiswa paguta racho. Mauto eGermany okugarisa akachera madziva anoverengeka muguta rose kuti achengete mvura yokudzima nayo moto. Dziva guru rakadaro rakavakwa pedyo neBulevar, pakati pezvivako zveMain Post Office neNational Assembly, apo chikamu cheTakovska Street chiri nhasi. Pashure penguva yakati, vagari vakatanga kushandisa madziva okugezera uye vaGermany havana kuedza kuvadzivisa. Kuti varambe vachiita sevari kurarama upenyu hwomuzvarirwo panguva yavakanga vari munyika yacho, vaGermany vakatoronga mutambo wemvura pakati pevarwi vechiGerman nevechiduku vomunzvimbo yacho. Pashure pehondo, makwikwi okushambira akaitwa mudziva iri nezviremera zvitsva, asi dziva racho rakazadzwazve muna 1950. 