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Invasion of Yugoslavia
The
invasion of Yugoslavia
, also known as the
April War
(, , ) or
Operation 25
, was a
German
-led attack on the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
by the
Axis powers
which began on 6 April 1941 during
World War II
. The order for the invasion was put forward in "
Führer Directive
No. 25", which
Adolf Hitler
issued on 27 March 1941, following the
Yugoslav coup d'état
.
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