What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 1941
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 44.13° N, 20.94° E
- Government
- Axis (Occupation)
- Former government
- Yugoslavia
- History
- The "rump" part of Yugoslavia after the country was partioned, Serbia had no status other than an occupied territory. Only one diplomat, an Italian, remained…
- Source map
- Southeast Europe · 1:2,000,000 · Freytag and Berndt, Vienna
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
Region of German-occupied Yugoslavia (1941–1944)
The Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia was a German-occupied region of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II, encompassing modern Serbia and adjacent areas. The Territory was established in April 1941 following the invasion of Yugoslavia by the German Wehrmacht with other Axis powers, and existed throughout the war in Yugoslavia until the German withdrawal in 1944.
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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