Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was proclaimed by Aleksandar Karadjeordjevic I on December I,1918 with the aim of uniting the Slavic peoples on the Balkan Penunsula. The state was divided into Banovinas for administrative purposes and at first was headed by Nikola Pasic. However, Pasic was quickly replaced with Stojan Protic soo after his appointement. At first, the government of Yugoslavia was a constituent Assembly (democracy. However, political upheaval and the killings of Croatian Opposition Members by the Montengrin Deputy Minister. Aleksandat Karadjordjevic was the Dictator of Yugoslavia and witnessed gret political turmoil in his land. The Serbs wanted Serbia, Montengro, Vojvodina, FYROM, and parts of Bosnia to be one unifyed Serbian Banovina and the Croats wanted Dalmatia and parts of Vojvodina to part of their autonomous Banovina. Croatia also claimed to have ownership of all of Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Aleksanadar was planning to attempt of find common ground between Serbs and Croats and introduce Democratic reforms. However, on October 9,1931, Aleksandar Karadjordjevic was assasinated by an IMRO activist. As specified in Aleksandar's will, a council of three would rule the nation with Prince Paul being the dominant figurehead. In an attempt to satisfy the Croatian desire for autonomy, the ruling class proclaimed a Croation Banovina. However, the Croats still weren't satisfied. In fear of a Nazi invasion, Prince Paul signed an alliance with Germany and declared Yugoslavia an Axis ally. However, huge protests in Belgrade ousted the puppet government and Peter the II took the leading position. He delclared allegiance to the Allies. The Axis forces, in 1941, invaded Yugoslavia. The Croats swore Nazi allegiance and formed the "Independent State of Croatia" which was a Pro-Axis puppet state with its intent on killing Serbs and taking land that didnt rightfully belong to Croatia. The Serbs, present-day Macedonians, and Slovenians were largely Chetnik. They swore allegiance to the King. Their ideology was that Yugoslavia shouldnt have existed and that a Serbian state should be established. They also believed that Serbia should have united with Slovenia only, and not Croatia. The third camp was the Partizan movement under Tito. They wanted a communist Yugoslavia to be re-created.In the end, the communists won, however, Serbia also had a state during the Nazi occupation, Nedic's Serbia.