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World War II in the Balkans
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.
Date6 April 1941 – 25 May 1945
(4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 2 days)
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
1941:
 Germany
 Italy
* Italian protectorate of Albania
 Hungary
1941:
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
United Kingdom United Kingdom
1941 – September 1943: 1941–43: 1941–43:
September 1943–1945: 1943–45:
Units involved

Nazi Germany 9th company
Nazi Germany 12th company of 3rd Battalion

Nazi Germany 718th Infantry Division
Nazi Germany 68th Army Corps
Brandenburgers
31st SS Division
44th Infantry Division
Nazi Germany Army Group F
2nd Panzer Army
Nazi Germany 714th Infantry Division
BAF Red Army

References

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  1. ^ D'Amico, F. and G. Valentini. Regia Aeronautica Vol. 2: Pictorial History of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force, 1943-1945. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1986.