Draft:World War II in the Balkans

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.
Date	6 April 1941 – 25 May 1945; (4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Balkans
Result	Allies of World War II
Belligerents
1941:; Germany; Italy; * Italian protectorate of Albania; Hungary	1941:; Yugoslavia ; Greece; United Kingdom
September 1943–1945: Germany Government of National Salvation (until 1944); File:Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918 & 1941–1944).svg Montenegro (until 1944); Albania (until 1944); Slovene Home Guard; ; Bulgaria (until 1944); Hungary; Independent State of Croatia; Chetniks; Italian Social Republic; Balli Kombëtar ; Hellenic State; Ohrana; Këshilla ; Sandžak Muslim militia;	1943–45: DF Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisans; ; Soviet Union; United Kingdom; United States; Italy; Bulgaria (1944–45); LANÇ (1944–45); Yugoslav government-in-exile (1944–45); Legality Movement; EAM-ELAS; EDES;
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^ 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.

[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.

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