<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peAnschluss ya1938 pakati peGermany neAustria, Yugoslavia yakava nomuganhu neThird Reich uye yakawira pasi pokudzvinyirirwa kunowedzera sezvo vavakidzani vayo vakazvibatanidza vamene nemasimba eAxis. Muna April 1939, Italy yakazarura muganhu wechipiri neYugoslavia payakapinda ndokuita Albania yakavakidzana nayo. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, hurumende yeYugoslavia yakazivisa kusava kwayo nekwaakarerekera. Pakati paSeptember naNovember 1940, Hungary neRomania dzakabatana neTripartite Pact, dzichizvibatanidza neAxis, uye Italy  <response>: vakapinda muGreece. Kubvira panguva iyoyo, Yugoslavia yakanga yava kunenge yakakomberedzwa chose chose neAxis nemasimba ayo aiva pasi payo, uye kusatora rutivi kwayo muhondo kwakava kwakaoma. Pakupera kwaFebruary 1941, Bulgaria yakabatana neChibvumirano. Zuva rakatevera racho, mauto eGermany akapinda muBulgaria achibva kuRomania, achivhara mhete yakapoteredza Yugoslavia. Nechinangwa chokuchengetedza rutivi rwake rwokumaodzanyemba nokuda kwokudenha kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika paSoviet Union, Adolf Hitler akavamba kuisa dzvinyiriro huru paYugoslavia kuti ibatanidzwe neAxis. Musi wa 25 March 1941, pashure pokunonoka, hurumende yeYugoslavia yakasaina chibvumirano chacho. Mazuva maviri gare gare, boka revaSerbia vaitsigira nyika dzekumadokero, mauto eRoyal Yugoslav Army Air Force akabvisa mutongi wenyika, Prince Paul, mukubvuta ropa kusingaite, ndokuisa muzukuru wake wechidiki Peter pachigaro, ndokuunza hurumende yemubatanidzwa wenyika inotungamirwa naGeneral Dušan Simović. Kupanduka kwacho kwakatsamwisa Hitler, uyo pakarepo akarayira kuti nyika yacho ipindwe. Pakaitika kudengenyeka, Helm akanga ari kushanyira Berlin, uye Kraus akanga ari muBelgrade. 