World War II in Yugoslavia
April 6, 1941 – May 15, 1945
Result Yugoslav Partisan–Allied victory
Axis forces invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia in 1941, then faced a communist-led Partisan guerrilla war. Alongside it, a bloody civil war raged among Partisans, royalist Chetniks and collaborationist forces, ending in Partisan victory.
Battles and events 28
June 23 – July 7, 1941
July 7, 1941 – December 1941
Uprising in Serbia (1941)
German and Collaborationist victory
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
July 13, 1941 – December 1941
Uprising in Montenegro (1941)
Governorate of Montenegro
September 1941 – June 1944
September 27 – November 29, 1941
Operation Uzice
Republic of Užice
November 1941 – December 1941
Battle of Novi Pazar
Albanian victory
December 1, 1941
Battle of Pljevlja
Italian victory
December 4–9, 1941
January 15–23, 1942
February 18–27, 1942
April 20 – May 13, 1942
June 10, 1942 – August 1942
July 28 – August 19, 1942
Battle of Kupres (1942)
Independent State of Croatia victory
1943
July 4–5, 1943
1944
August 1, 1944
Operation Draufgänger
Yugoslav Partisan victory
August 13–27, 1944
September 15 – November 24, 1944
Belgrade offensive
Allied victory
Belgrade
Josip Broz Tito, Maximilian von Weichs, Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
October 8 – November 14, 1944
November 7 – December 9, 1944
Battle of Knin
Yugoslav Partisans victory
November 11–19, 1944
November 22, 1944
February 6–15, 1945
March 28 – April 10, 1945
March 30 – April 8, 1945
April 19 – May 25, 1945
April 30 – May 2, 1945
