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The Balkans campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940. In the early months of 1941, Italy's offensive had stalled and a Greek counter-offensive pushed into Albania. Germany sought to aid Italy by deploying troops to Romania and Bulgaria and attacking Greece from the east.
Western Balkans 1942 and 2008. Please add a footnote crediting me if you are using this map. Date: 19 February 2008 (original upload date) Source: Own work
Over December 1941 into early 1942, Allied forces pushed the Italian-German forces back through Libya to roughly the limit of the previous Operation Compass advance. Taking advantage of the Allied position, German and Italian forces counter-attacked and pushed back the Allies to Gazala, west of Tobruk.
Map of the Balkan military theater during September 1944 – January 1945. By August 1944, the Soviet Army was approaching the Balkans. In a last-minute attempt to create a buffer state against the incoming Red Army, on 29 August, the Germans attempted to establish an 'independent' Macedonian puppet state, [75] led by Ivan Mihailov.
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The Greater Italia in 1942 occupied areas of France, former Yugoslavia and Greece (in green). The map also shows the German Reich (red) and its occupied territories, with "Reichskommissariats" (brown) In spring 1941, Mussolini - with the help of the German Army - finally defeated Greece and conquered coastal Yugoslavia.
World War II in Yugoslavia; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Ante Pavelić visits Adolf Hitler at the Berghof; Stjepan Filipović hanged by the occupation forces; Draža Mihailović confers with his troops; a group of Chetniks with German soldiers in a village in Serbia; Josip Broz Tito with members of the British mission
Balkans campaign (World War II) (3 C, 17 P) 1942 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 C, ... Pages in category "1942 in Yugoslavia" The following 18 pages are in this ...