Operation Retribution ( ) , also known as Operation Punishment , was the April 1941 German bombing Attack of Belgrade , the capital of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , in retaliation for the coup d'état that overthrew Change_of_leadership the government that had signed Sign_agreement the Tripartite Pact .

The bombing Attack occurred in the first days of the German-led Axis invasion Attack of Yugoslavia during World War II .

The bombing Attack of Belgrade was preceded Process_start by the commencement of the ground invasion a few hours earlier , and coincided with air attacks Attack on VVKJ airfields and other strategic targets across Yugoslavia .

He was extradited Extradition to Yugoslavia to face trial , found Know guilty on all counts and executed in 1948 .

Puk was captured Conquering by British forces Military_operation in 1945 while attempting to flee Escaping to Austria and was extradited Extradition to Yugoslavia the following year , where he committed Killing suicide .

Following the independence Creating of Croatia from Yugoslavia , the monument was removed Removing by Croatian authorities in the town .

Military operations Military_operation in World War II in Yugoslavia began Process_start on 6 April 1941 , when the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was swiftly conquered Conquering by Axis forces Military_operation and partitioned Forming_relationships between Germany , Italy , Hungary , Bulgaria and client regimes .

Military operations Military_operation in World War II in Yugoslavia began Process_start on 6 April 1941 , when the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was swiftly conquered Conquering by Axis forces Military_operation and partitioned Forming_relationships between Germany , Italy , Hungary , Bulgaria and client regimes .

Martić was tried Self_motion at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) on several different charges of war crimes including , his involvement Participation in the siege of Kijevo .

It was fought Hostile_encounter by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( i.e .

This precipitated Change a mass expulsion of Kosovar Albanians as the Yugoslav forces continued to fight Hostile_encounter during the aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia ( March–June 1999 ) .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) and the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor 's Office were able to verify Check between 48 and 78 deaths Death .

The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

The occupation of Lovas and the killing Killing and expulsion of its civilian population was included Cause_to_be_included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indictments of the President of Serbia , Slobodan Milošević , and Goran Hadžić , a high-ranking official of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia .

When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia after the 1992 Bosnian independence referendum , the Bosnian Serbs—whose strategic goal was to create Creating a new Bosnian Serb state of Republika Srpska ( RS ) that would include Cause_to_be_included Bosniak-majority areas—encircled Sarajevo with a siege force of 13,000 stationed in the surrounding hills .

After the war , the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) convicted four Serb officials for numerous counts of crimes against humanity committed Commitment during the siege , including terrorism Terrorism .

The Croatian War Military_operation of Independence was fought Hostile_encounter from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared Expressing_publicly independence Change_of_leadership from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) and local Serb forces , with the JNA ending its combat Hostile_encounter operations Military_operation in Croatia by 1992 .

A majority of Croats wanted Request Croatia to leave Departing Yugoslavia and become Becoming a sovereign country , while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia , supported Supporting by Serbia , opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the secession and wanted Request Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia .

The JNA initially tried to keep Croatia within Yugoslavia by occupying Control all of Croatia .

The Serb and Croatian governments began Process_start to progressively cooperate Collaboration with each other but tensions remain Temporary_stay , in part due to verdicts by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) and lawsuits Legality filed Submitting_documents by each country against the other .

In 2007 , the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) returned Arriving a guilty verdict Legal_rulings against Milan Martić , one of the Serb leaders in Croatia , for having colluded Collaboration with Slobodan Milošević and others to create Creating a `` unified Serbian state '' .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) characterized Statement the attack Attack as a crime against humanity and convicted Legal_rulings Croatian Serb leader Milan Martić of ordering Arranging the attack Attack .

It will be the first meeting Social_event of this type between two countries after 1947 meeting Social_event of Enver Hoxha with President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito .

Following a questionable candidate selection Choosing process , unionist side ( in favor of unification with Serbia ) outnumbered the party Participation favouring Deciding the preservation of Montenegrin statehood and a unification Cause_to_amalgamate with the peoples of Yugoslavia in form of a confederation .

On the same day , concerts inspired Influence by the initiative happened Presence in other countries , such as the Soviet Union , Canada , Japan , Yugoslavia , Austria , Australia and West Germany .

Following the World War II German-led Axis invasion Attack of Yugoslavia in April 1941 , the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was partitioned Change_of_leadership .

Following the World War II German-led Axis invasion Attack of Yugoslavia in April 1941 , the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was partitioned Change_of_leadership .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) later tried three Croatian generals charged with war crimes and partaking in a joint Collaboration criminal enterprise designed Creating to force the Serb population out of Croatia , although all three were ultimately acquitted and the tribunal refuted charges of a criminal enterprise .

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts , wars Hostile_encounter of independence and insurgencies fought Hostile_encounter in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001 , which led to Causation the breakup of the Yugoslav state .

Initially the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) sought to preserve Preserving the unity of the whole of Yugoslavia by crushing Destroying the secessionist governments , but it increasingly came under the influence of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević , which evoked Causation Serbian nationalist rhetoric and was willing to use Using the Yugoslav cause to preserve Preserving the unity of Serbs in one state .

According to a 1994 United Nations report Reporting , the Serb side did not aim Aiming to restore Recovering Yugoslavia , but to create Creating a `` Greater Serbia '' from parts of Croatia and Bosnia .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) was established Building by the UN to prosecute Criminal_investigation these crimes .

The invasion Attack of Yugoslavia , also known as the April War or Operation 25 , was a German-led attack Attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began Process_start on 6 April 1941 during World War II .

The invasion Attack of Yugoslavia , also known as the April War or Operation 25 , was a German-led attack Attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began Process_start on 6 April 1941 during World War II .

Yugoslavia was then occupied Hold and partitioned by the Axis powers .

Some areas of Yugoslavia were annexed Attack by neighboring Axis countries , some areas remained Presence occupied , and in other areas Axis puppet states such as the Independent State of Croatia ( , or NDH ) were created Creating during the invasion Attack on 10 April .

Along with Italy 's stalled invasion Attack of Greece on 28 October 1940 , and the German-led invasion Attack of Greece ( Operation `` Marita '' ) and invasion Attack of Crete ( Operation `` Merkur '' ) , the invasion Attack of Yugoslavia was part of the German Balkan Campaign ( ) .

A month after the operation Military_operation , the retreating Escaping paramilitary unit known as the White Eagles perpetrated Committing_crime the Voćin massacre , and its war crimes Committing_crime were prosecuted at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia .

The fighting prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Presidency of Yugoslavia to order Request the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) to step in and create Creating a buffer zone between the opposing forces .

On the other side were members of the Peoples Liberation Army of Yugoslavia who favored the introduction of socialism and the post-war reorganization of Yugoslavia on federal basis .

On the other side were members of the Peoples Liberation Army of Yugoslavia who favored the introduction of socialism and the post-war reorganization of Yugoslavia on federal basis .

In Group B , the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia made Creating their final World Championship appearance before the breakup Dispersal of that nation .

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Recovering Yugoslavia 's former position in Group C in 1995 , while breakaway nations Croatia and Slovenia would appear Presence in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship .

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Recovering Yugoslavia 's former position in Group C in 1995 , while breakaway nations Croatia and Slovenia would appear Presence in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship .

Soldiers from the army of the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes ( `` later '' Yugoslavia ) , under the command Control of Slovene officer Rudolf Maister , killed Killing between 9 and 13 civilians of German ethnic origin , wounding Bodily_harm a further 60 , during a protest in a city centre square .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) later charged Judgment_communication Slobodan Milošević with the killings and Vojislav Šešelj with the deportation of non-Serbs from Voćin .

Greece in the end was funded by the US ( through the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan ) and joined Becoming_a_member NATO ( 1952 ) , while the insurgents were demoralized by the bitter split between the Soviet Union 's Joseph Stalin , who wanted the war ended Process_end , and Yugoslavia 's Josip Broz Tito , who wanted it to continue .

The neighboring communist states of Albania , Yugoslavia and Bulgaria offered Giving logistical support Supporting to this provisional government , especially to the forces operating Being_in_operation in the north of Greece .

This was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup in which neither of the teams came from England , Germany , Italy or Spain , and the first since the 1991 final when Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia beat Competition Marseille .

Albania and Yugoslavia abandoned GiveUp Communism between 1990 and 1992 .