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| 1941 | Hitler, Adolf |  |
| 27th Mar Delays invasion by 4 weeks to invade Yugoslavia after an Allied coup in Belgrade |
| 27th Mar Belgrade Orders Goering to "destroy Belgrade" |
| 27th Mar Orders invasion after a pro-Allied coup in Belgrade |
| 27th Mar Berlin Summons chiefs to the Chancellery saying the Belgrade coup endangered Barbarossa |
| April Greater Croatia becomes an independent pro-Axis state ruled by the Ustase |
| 6th April Hitler gives the order for the Axis powers to invade Yugoslavia |
| 6th April Launched to secure Geramany's Balkan flank for Operation Barbarossa |
| 6th April The German Army falls on Yugoslavia & Greece in overwhelming strength |
| 6th April The German & Italian Armies take up their positions for the invasion of Yugoslavia & Greece |
| 12th April Issues a directive dividing up Yugoslavia between Germany, Italy, Hungary & Bulgaria |
| 17th April The last of the Yugoslav troops surrender to the Germans |
| 31st July Germany occupies Yugoslavia and Greece |
| 1941 | Jodl, Alfred | |
| 27th July Instructed by Hitler to prepare plans that night for the invasion of Yugoslavia |
| 1941 | Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| April Kleist commands 1st Panzergruppe, comprising XVIII and XL Panzer Corps, which spearheads the Blitzkrieg-style invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece |
| 1941 | Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| 27th Mar Instructed by Hitler to advise Hungary, Romania & Italy they will partition Yugoslavia |
| 1942 | Jodl, Alfred | |
| 13th April Belgrade German & Hungarian troops enter Belgrade |
