 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Yugoslavia yakakurumidza kukundwa nesimba rakabatanidzwa ramasimba eAxis uye yakapa mumavhiki asingasviki maviri. Hurumende nemhuri youmambo zvakaenda muutapwa, uye nyika yacho yakatorwa ndokuparadzwa nevavakidzani vayo. Hitler aida kuparadza Yugoslavia zvachose, iyo yaakadana kuti kuvaka kweVersailles. Hitler aizivikanwa kuva anovenga vaSerbia zvine utsinye. Iye nevamwe vatungamiriri vakuru veGermany vaifunga kuti vaSerbia vakanga vari vanhu vaduku. Nokudaro, mupfungwa yaHitler yeNhevedzo Itsva yeEurope, ivo vaifanira kurangwa pamwe chete. Serbia yakaderedzwa kusvika kuHondo yeBalkan isati yaitikamiganhu, ichiva nyika bedzi muWestern Balkans yakatorwa zvakananga navaGermany. Nzvimbo dzaigara maSerb kumadokero kweRwizi Drina dzakabatanidzwa muAxis marionette nyika inozivikanwa seIndependent State yeCroatia ; NDH, iyo yaisanganisira mazhinji eCroatia yanhasi, ese eBosnia neHerzegovina yanhasi, uye zvikamu zveSerbia yanhasi. Kugadzwa kweNDH kwakanga kwaziviswa paredhiyo naSlavko Kvaternik, aimbova mukuru wemauto eAustria-Hungary uyo anga achisangana nevaCroatian varudzi kunze kwenyika, musi wa10 Kubvumbi. 