<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Izazi ziye zasikisela imibono eminingana yokuwa okungazelelwe kweRoyal Yugoslav Army, kufaka phakathi ukuqeqeshwa nokuhlonyiswa okungalungile, ojenene abalangazelela ukuqinisekisa ukunqanyulwa okusheshayo kwezimpi, kanye nekholomu yesihlanu yesizwe esikhulu saseCroatia. Lokhu kuhlasela kwaphela lapho kusayinwa isivumelwano sokuyekisa ukulwa ngo-17 Ephreli 1941, esasuselwa ekuzinikeleni okungenamibandela kwebutho laseYugoslavia, okwaqala ukusebenza emini ngo-18 Ephreli. Khona - ke iYugoslavia yathathwa futhi yahlukaniswa imibuso ye - Axis. Ezinye izindawo zaseYugoslavia zahlanganiswa namazwe angomakhelwane e-Axis, ezinye izindawo zahlala zithathwa, kanti kwezinye izindawo izifundazwe ze-Axis ezinjenge-Independent State of Croatia i-NDH zadalwa ngesikhathi sokuhlasela ngo-Ephreli 10. Kanye nokuhlasela kweGreece kwe-Italy okwakungasebenzi  <response>: Ngo-28 Okthoba 1940, kanye nokuhlasela okuholwa yiJalimane eGrisi Operation Marita kanye nokuhlasela iKrethe Operation Merkur, ukuhlasela kweYugoslavia kwakuyingxenye ye-German Balkan Campaign . 