April War
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The April War was the brief 1941 Axis campaign in which Nazi Germany and its allies swiftly invaded and dismembered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| April War canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II campaign
ⓘ
invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Bulgarian occupation of parts of Macedonia and southern Serbia
ⓘ
Hungarian annexation of parts of Vojvodina ⓘ annexation of Slovenian territories by Germany and Italy ⓘ creation of the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ |
| airForceInvolved | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
German invasion of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Yugoslavia
|
| belligerent |
Kingdom of Bulgaria
ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| cause |
Axis strategic interest in the Balkans
ⓘ
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ
surface form:
Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941
|
| commander |
Alexander Löhr
ⓘ
Dušan Simović ⓘ Maximilian von Weichs ⓘ Wilhelm List ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryAttacked |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
| dateOfEvent | bombing of Belgrade, 1941-04-06 ⓘ |
| duration | 11 days ⓘ |
| endDate | 1941-04-17 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
German invasion of Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Axis invasion of Greece (Battle of Greece)
|
| hasPart |
German invasion of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
Hungarian invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ Italian invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| location |
Balkans
ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
| militaryOutcome | rapid collapse of Yugoslav defenses ⓘ |
| notableEvent | bombing of Belgrade ⓘ |
| opponent |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied-aligned Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Axis powers ⓘ
surface form:
Axis Powers
|
| partOf |
Balkan Campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Axis Balkan Campaign
|
| precededBy | Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact ⓘ |
| primaryAttacker | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| result |
Axis victory
ⓘ
capitulation of the Royal Yugoslav Army ⓘ dismemberment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ occupation of Yugoslavia by Axis powers ⓘ |
| significantConsequence | start of large-scale resistance movements in Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-04-06 ⓘ |
| territorialChange | Axis occupation and partition of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| year | 1941 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.