<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokunqotshwa kwe-Austria yiJalimane LamaNazi ngo-1938, iYugoslavia yayihlala emngceleni we-Third Reich futhi yacindezelwa kakhulu njengoba omakhelwane bayo babezihlanganisa nemibuso ye-Axis. Ngo-April 1939, iYugoslavia yathola umngcele wesibili neItaly lapho lelo zwe lihlasela futhi lihlala e-Albania engomakhelwane. Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uhulumeni waseYugoslavia wathi awuthathi hlangothi. Phakathi kuka-September no-November 1940, iHungary neRomania zajoyina i-Axis, futhi i-Italy yahlasela iGrisi  <response>: e-Albania. Kusukela ngalesosikhathi, iYugoslavia yayicishe izungezwe ngokuphelele amabutho e - Axis namazwe ayengezansi kwawo, futhi isimo sayo sokungathathi - hlangothi empini saba ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu. Ngasekupheleni kuka - February 1941, iBulgaria yajoyina ama - Axis. Ngosuku olulandelayo, amabutho aseJalimane angena eBulgaria evela eRomania, acishe avale umngcele ozungeze iYugoslavia. Ngenhloso yokuvikela uhlangothi lwakhe oluseningizimu ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa kweSoviet Union okwakusondela, u - Adolf Hitler waqala ukucindezela kakhulu iYugoslavia ukuba ijoyine ama - Axis powers. UHulumeni waseYugoslavia wasayina i-Tripartite Pact, isenzo esakha i-Axis, ngemuva kokubambezeleka okuthile, ngomhlaka-25 Mashi 1941. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, iqembu lezikhulu zebutho lomoya lamaSerb-nationalist elalisekela iNtshonalanga layisusa esikhundleni iNkosana uPaul ekuvukeleni okungenagazi. Abaceba uzungu bamemezela ukuthi iNkosana uPeter eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala isikhulile futhi baletha uhulumeni wobumbano lukazwelonke owawuholwa uJenene Dušan Simović. Lokhu kuhlasela kwamthukuthelisa uHitler, owayalela ukuba kuhlasele iYugoslavia okwaqala ngo - April 6, 1941. 