from both governments-in-exile. On the international scene, the confederation was received favorably by Turkey but opposed by the Soviet Union, as Joseph Stalin saw no need for a strong and independent federation in Europe that could threaten his designs in Eastern Europe. Demise In 1942, the British government decided to support Josip Broz Tito's forces instead of the Chetniks in Yugoslavia and rejected the plan as unworkable. In 1944, the British withdrew their recognition for the Yugoslav government and recognised the communist Yugoslav National Committee of Liberation of Ivan Šubašić, who was subordinate to Tito. As the war ended, Yugoslavia shifted towards the communist camp, and the Greek Civil War started. With little support for the confederation from any existing powers, it was never realised, but it was briefly entertained in the form of a communist federation by some regional communist leaders, shortly after the war. Alternative plans By the end of 1944, the Yugoslav Communist Party began the development of alternative plans for the establishment of a Balkan Federation. Because Churchill and Stalin agreed that Greece would be in the Western sphere of influence, the plans had to exclude Greece. See also Międzymorze Byzantine commonwealth Union of Bulgaria and Romania Union of Hungary and Romania Notes a As the details of the planned union were never finalized, it is not clear whether it would be a federation or a confederation. Sources use both the term "Greek-Yugoslav federation" and the term "Greek-Yugoslav confederation". References Sources Greece–Yugoslavia relations Federalism by country Greece in World War II Intermarium Yugoslavia in World War II Political history of Greece Politics of Yugoslavia Proposed political unions