On 25 March 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Tripartite Pact. Two days later, protests break out in Belgrade, and the military command executes a coup d’etat. Adolf Hitler decides that the Kingdom of Yugoslavia is to be destroyed. On 10 April 1941, the German Army enters Zagreb, and Slavko Kvaternik declares the Independent State of Croatia.
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