<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwe-Anschluss kaMashi 1938, lapho iJalimane yahlanganisa khona i-Austria, iYugoslavia yahlanganyela umngcele wayo osenyakatho-ntshonalanga neJalimane futhi yaba ngaphansi kwengcindezi eyandayo njengoba omakhelwane bayo babezihlanganisa nemibuso ye-Axis. Ngo-April 1939, i-Italy yahlasela futhi yahlasela i-Albania, kanjalo yakha umngcele wesibili womhlaba neYugoslavia. Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uHulumeni WaseYugoslavia WaseBukhosini wamemezela ukungathathi hlangothi kwawo. Phakathi kuka-September no-November 1940, iHungary neRomania zajoyina i-Tripartite Pact, zavumelana ne-Axis, futhi i-Italy yahlasela iGrisi  <response>: . futhi. Ngalesosikhathi iYugoslavia yayisizungezwe cishe ngokuphelele amabutho e - Axis namabutho awo, futhi isimo sayo sokungathathi - hlangothi empini saba nzima. Ekupheleni kuka-February 1941, iBulgaria yajoyina i-Pact. Ngosuku olulandelayo, amabutho aseJalimane angena eBulgaria evela eRomania, avala umngcele ozungeze iYugoslavia. 