page_title: Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia
section_title: 2nd Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia / Italian / Royal Italian Air Force / 2nd Air Force
caption_attribution_description: The Macchi M.C.200 Saetta was an Italian fighter during the Second World War. This model was captured during the Nord African campaing, transferred in Unites States and was restored in 1989. Now it is on display at USAF Museum.
context_page_description: The Axis order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia was made up of the various operational formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, Italian Armed Forces and Hungarian Armed Forces that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II, commencing on 6 April 1941. It involved the German 2nd Army, with elements of the 12th Army and a panzer group combined with overwhelming Luftwaffe support. The eighteen German divisions included five panzer divisions, two motorised infantry divisions and two mountain divisions. The German force also included two well-equipped independent motorised regiments and was supported by over 800 aircraft. The Italian 2nd Army and 9th Army committed a total of 22 divisions, and the Royal Italian Air Force had over 650 aircraft available to support the invasion. The Hungarian 3rd Army also participated, with support from the Royal Hungarian Air Force.
  The Axis ground forces had effectively surrounded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia before the invasion began.
context_section_description: The headquarters of the 2nd Air Force (Italian: 2nd Squadra Aerea) was at Padua, in northeastern Italy under the command of Generale di Squadra Aerea (Lieutenant General) Tullio Toccolini. It comprised two fighter wings, one bomber wing, two independent bomber groups, three reconnaissance groups and one independent reconnaissance squadron. In total, the 2nd Air Force had 90 fighters, 61 medium bombers and 49 reconnaissance aircraft available to support the invasion of Yugoslavia.
caption: Macchi C.200 fighters were operated by several Italian fighter wings and independent fighter groups
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