Italo-Yugoslav War

The Italo-Yugoslav War was a war between the Kingdom of Italy, supported by Hungary and Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The war began with an Italian invasion in October, 1940 and ended two months later in December, 1940.
Italian forces struck Yugoslavia in a three-pronged attack from Istria, Zara and Albania. While the Italian troops had poor leadership and weren't as well armed as they should have been, the Yugoslavian army was worse off and this proved to be of vital importance to Italy. Italy was able to take advantage of the ethnic tensions within Yugoslavia, promising Croatia and Montenegro independence within the Italian sphere of influence.
Wishing to not lose out on the opportunity, both Hungary and Bulgaria joined the Italian invasion around a month into the war when Yugoslavian resistance was beginning to re-form. This was the death knell in the Yugoslavian hopes as they assaulted from the soft rear of the country.
The war came to an end with Yugoslavia split along ethnic grounds by the victors. Italy annexed most of Dalmatia and the Province of Ljubljana, Hungary annexed Bácska, Baranya and Prekmurje, while Bulgaria absorbed most of north Macedonia and a small section of Serbia. Though they didn't take part in the war, to placate Germany which was enraged their ally Yugoslavia had been dissected they were ceded Upper Carniola, Slovenian Styria and Slovenian Carinthia. Also the Italians agreed to pay for the movement of the German population of the Banat in Serbia to the Greater Germanic Reich.
== Aftermath ==
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was divided between the victorious parties following on from their allied victory. The Kingdom of Italy directly annexed the Province of Ljubljana, as well as areas of the Dalmatian coastline, while its protectorate the Kingdom of Albania annexed the regions of Kosovo and Matohija. To the north the Kingdom of Hungary annexed Muravidék from the Slovenian region, as well as Muraköz and Baranya from the Croatian region, while to the south the Tsardom of Bulgaria annexed the Vardar Macedonia region.
In the north, despite not having taken part in the war, the areas of Lower Styria and Upper Carniola were ceded to the Greater Germanic Reich as an attempt to placate the Germans who were outraged that their trading partner had been invaded by Italy.
The remaining land was split into three separate states. In the north was the Kingdom of Croatia, formed from Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and what Italy hadn't annexed of the Dalmatian coast. Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, a cousin of King Victor Emmanuel III, was pressured into taking the throne and took the regnal name Tomislav II. Further down the coastline, the Principality of Montenegro was formed. Lastly, within the former Yugoslavian interior, the State of Serbia was created. The former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Milan Stojadinović, was made the leader of the new state.
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