Yugoslav coup d'état

When

27 Mar 1941

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

44.82° N, 20.46° E

Description

Yugoslav coup d'état, 27 March 1941, replaced the regency led by Prince Paul and installed King Peter II

1941 deposition of Regent Prince Paul; installation of King Peter II

A coup d'état took place on 27 March 1941 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, when the regency led by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was overthrown and King Peter II assumed full monarchical powers. The coup was planned and conducted by a group of pro-Western Serbian nationalist Royal Yugoslav Air Force officers formally led by the Air Force commander, General Dušan Simović, who had been associated with several putsch plo…

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yugoslav coup d'état: An anti-Axis coup d'état in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia led by General Dušan Simović, Brigadier General Borivoje Mirković, Colonels…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “à Belgrade, un putsch militaire anti-allemand, dirigé par le général Simovic, dénonce le pacte avec l'Axe, fait arrêter les ministres et exiler le régent Paul”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Golpe de Estado en Yugoslavia encabezado por oficiales del ejército inconformes por la inclusión del país en el Pacto Tripartito, derrocando al gobierno del…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page