Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941

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coup d'état military coup political event

The Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 was a British-encouraged overthrow of Yugoslavia’s government that replaced its pro-Axis leadership with a regency more sympathetic to the Allies, prompting Nazi Germany’s swift invasion of the country.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941	8
1941 Yugoslav coup d'état	2
Belgrade coup of 1941	1
Yugoslav coup d’état of 27 March 1941	1
Yugoslav coup d’état of March 27, 1941	1
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d'état ⓘ military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	27 March coup ⓘ Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ surface form: Belgrade coup of 1941
chronology	occurred two days after Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
date	27 March 1941 ⓘ
followedBy	April War ⓘ German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Axis invasion of Yugoslavia German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ bombing of Belgrade ⓘ
governmentTypeAfter	pro-Allied regency government ⓘ
governmentTypeBefore	pro-Axis government ⓘ
hasCause	British encouragement and support ⓘ Tripartite Pact signature by Yugoslavia ⓘ domestic opposition to pro-Axis policy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Balkans ⓘ
installed	Peter II of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: King Peter II of Yugoslavia as de facto ruler a government more sympathetic to the Allies ⓘ
involved	Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Yugoslav General Staff Yugoslav royal court ⓘ
ledBy	Dušan Simović ⓘ
location	Belgrade ⓘ
opposed	Axis powers ⓘ
opposedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
overthrew	Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) ⓘ surface form: Cvetković–Maček government Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) ⓘ surface form: regency of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
participant	Royal Yugoslav Air Force officers ⓘ Royal Yugoslav Army ⓘ surface form: Royal Yugoslav Army officers
partOf	World War II ⓘ
politicalAlignmentAfter	closer to the Allies ⓘ
politicalAlignmentBefore	aligned with Axis powers ⓘ
replacedWith	regency for Peter II of Yugoslavia ⓘ
result	abrogation of Yugoslavia’s adherence to the Tripartite Pact in practice ⓘ deterioration of relations with Nazi Germany ⓘ formation of a pro-Allied government ⓘ
significance	altered Axis strategic planning in the Balkans ⓘ example of British covert influence in Balkan politics during World War II ⓘ triggered Hitler’s decision to attack Yugoslavia ⓘ
supportedBy	British intelligence ⓘ surface form: British intelligence services United Kingdom ⓘ
temporalContext	Balkan Campaign ⓘ surface form: Balkan campaign of World War II
year	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) → overthrownBy → Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ

German invasion of Yugoslavia → cause → Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yugoslav coup d’état of 27 March 1941

Peter II of Yugoslavia → event → Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ⓘ