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Historiography on Causes of Defeat of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April War 1941. – Continuation of War by Other Means.
Goran Hutinec
Abstract
During the World War II Serbian nationalists often claimed that treacherous behavior of Croats and other non-Serbian peoples of Yugoslavia was the main reason for a quick breakup of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April War of 1941. Even though Communist party of Yugoslavia (CPY) sharply objected to such claims, decline of communist supremacy made it possible for these ideas to gain foothold in modern Serbian history. These theories were quickly used by Serbian nationalistic propaganda in order to discredit non-Serbian peoples of Yugoslavia. This article argues that bad long term foreign and defence policy and inadequate civilmilitary relations were true reasons for defeat of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941. Unsolved
national question of Croat and other non-Serbian nations of Yugoslavia contributed to its weakness, but it is neither the only nor the main reason of Yugoslav defeat.
Keywords
April War 1941.; World War II; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Croats; Serbs; CPY; historic revisionism
Hrčak ID:
2867
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Publication date:
31.12.2004.
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