Exercises on WWII in Yugoslavia

When invading the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941, the Nazis distributed territory among their Axis allies (Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria) and established a puppet state under the rule of a militia far-right group called Ustase. What was that state?

a) from Southern Slovenia.

b) of the Great Manchukuo Empire.

c) from Norway, controlled by Vidkun Quisling.

d) Independent State of Croatia.

e) Italian Social Republic.

As soon as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded by the Nazis and power was handed over to the Ustase, resistance movements rose up against both the Nazis and Ante Pavelic's party. What were the names of the resistance movements that existed in Yugoslavia during World War II?

a) Partisans and Chetniks .

b) Partisans and Red Army.

c) Chetniks and Vichy .

d) Red Army and Vichy .

e) Goums and Vichy .

During the rule of the Ustase in Croatia, a great persecution began against the Orthodox Serbs. This persecution led to a veritable genocide and the construction of concentration and extermination camps, like those used in Germany against Jews during the Holocaust. The main concentration and extermination camp built by Ustase was:

a) Auschwitz-Birkenau.

b) Sobibor.

c) Jasenovac.

d) Treblinka.

e) Belzec.

Who was the leader of the partisan resistance who, after World War II, ruled socialist Yugoslavia?

a) Ante Pavelic

b) Josip Broz Tito

c) Draza Mihailovic

d) Prince Paul Karadordevic

e) Vidkun Quisling

Letter D.

As soon as they invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Nazis put Ustase, a far-right Croatian party led by Ante Pavelic, in power in the Independent State of Croatia. Despite its independence status, the country suffered a lot of interference from the Germans and, therefore, was considered a puppet state. Ustase Croatia existed until 1945, when that party was defeated by the Partisans.

Letter A.

The two resistance groups formed in Yugoslavia during World War II were the Yugoslav communists, led by Josip Broz Tito and known as the Partisans , and the Serbian monarchists, who were led by Draza Mihailovic and known as the Chetniks . In addition to fighting the Nazis and the Ustase, Partisans and Chetniks fought each other in the dispute for power in the region.

Letter C.

The Jasenovac camp was the largest concentration and extermination camp in the former Yugoslavia region. This camp was created in August 1941 by orders of the Fascist Ustase government and, during its years of operation, was responsible for the death of 100,000 people, of which about 50,000 were Serbs, in addition to having killed thousands of Jews and Gypsies. . The persecution of Serbs was part of the genocidal policy imposed by the Ustase.

Letter B.

Josip Broz Tito was the leader of the Partisans resistance in Yugoslavia during World War II. After the end of the war, Tito led the communist movement in that country and, because of that, he became head of socialist Yugoslavia. He formed a model of autonomous socialism in the region, detached from Moscow's authority and managed to control Yugoslavia's ethnic rivalries through dictatorial power. Tito led socialist Yugoslavia until his death in 1980.