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 Before dawn on 6 April 1941, German forces began moving against Yugoslavia, the largest country in the Balkans. The full invasion began in earnest on 8 April, with German units supported by Italians, Hungarians, Bulgarians and Romanians. Yugoslav forces were not prepared or equipped to withstand such an onslaught, and by 17 April the Yugoslav government had capitulated. The campaign in Yugoslavia was brief and casualties were remarkably light, with just 151 Germans killed and 392 wounded. Axis units weren’t content with capturing Yugoslavia, for they had their eyes on Greece. There, British, Greek, Australian and New Zealand forces waited to take on the invaders. Gordon Rottman examines the German invasion of Yugoslavia in that fateful month of April 1941 and presents an extensive collection of black and white photographs of German personnel and equipment participating in‘Operation 25′, as the invasion was codenamed by Germany. The photos include personnel in combat and at rest, weaponry and equipment. Vehicles include motorbikes, cars, trucks, half-tracks, towed artillery pieces, antiaircraft guns, armoured cars and even inflatable boats. Dmitriy Zgonnik has contributed four colour plates that serve as a suitable centrepiece for this book. The expertly painted plates show a panzer crewman, rifleman, mountain infantryman and a squad leader in full colour, providing an unparallelled insight into an ill-covered conflict. About the Author Gordon Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence until his retirement.
                                                                                                                                                

The German Invasion of Yugoslavia 1941 1st Table of contents:

PART ONE. THE MILITARY-POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE BALKANS (October 1940-March 1941)
Chapter 1. The Great Powers
I. Germany
II. Italy
III. Soviet Union
IV. Great Britain
Chapter 2. Germany’. Satellites in the Balkans
I. Hungary
II. Romania
III. Bulgaria
Chapter 3. The Other Balkan Countries
I. Turkey
II. Yugoslavia
PART TWO. THE YUGOSLAV CAMPAIGN (Operation 25)
Chapter 4. Political and Strategic Planning
I. Military Topography
II. Hitler’s Concept of the Strategic Factors
Chapter 5. The Plan of Attack
I. The Outline Plan
II. The Timing of the Attacks
III. Second Army
IV. First Panzer Group
V. XLI Panzer Corps
Chapter 6. The Defense Forces
I. General
II. Defensive Plans
III. Training and Tactics
IV. Guerrilla Warfare
V. Fortifications
VI. Order of Battle
VII. Deficiencies and Confusion
Chapter 7. The Attack Forces
I. Command Posts
II. The Luftwaffe
III. Second Army
IV. First Panzer Group
V. XLI Panzer Corps
Chapter 8. Logistical Planning and Assembly of Second Army Page
I. The Rail Transportation Problem 42
II. The Danube as a Route of Transportation 44
III. Other Logistical Planning 46
IV. The Assembly of Second Army 47
Chapter 9. Operations
I. The Air Bombardment of Belgrade
II. The Three-Pronged Drive on the Yugoslav Capital
III. Secondary Attacks
IV. Italian and Hungarian Operations
V. The Final Drive on Sarajevo
VI. Armistice Negotiations
VII. Losses
Chapter 10. Lessons
I. General
II. Coalition Warfare
III. Assembly
IV. Other Organizational and Tactical Improvisations
Chapter 11. Conclusions
I. Yugoslav Military Unpreparedness
II. Internal Disunity
III. German Propaganda
IV. Seeds of Unrest
PART THREE. THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN GREECE (Operation MARITA)
Chapter 12. General
I. Political and Military Events (October 1940-April 1941)
II. Military Topography
III. Strategic Factors
Chapter 13. The Defense Forces
I. Yugoslav Forces
II. Greek Forces
III. British and Imperial Forces
Chapter 14. The Attack Forces
15. The Plan of Attack
16. The Assembly Logistical Problems
1 7. Operations
I. The German Thrust across Southern Yugoslavia
II. The 2d Panzer Division Drive to Salonika
III. The Struggle across the Metaxas Line
IV. The Seizure of Western Thrace
V. Capitulation of the Greek Second Army
VI. The German Estimate of the Situation on 9 April
VII. The Breakthrough to Kozani
VIII. The Withdrawal of the Greek First Army
IX. Securing the German Rear Areas
X. The Fighting near Mount Olympus
XI. Continuation of the XL Panzer Corps Drive
XII. Regrouping of German Forces
XIII. The Last British Stand at Thermopylae
XIV. The Seizure of the Isthmus of Corinth
XV. The German Drive on Athens and across the Peloponnesus
XVI. Losses
Chapter 18. Losses
I. Employment of Armor in Mountainous Terrain
II. Air Support
III. Flying Columns
IV. Mission-Type Orders
V. Mountain Training and Equipment
VI. Patrol Activities
VII. Obstacles and Demolitions
VIII. Pacification of Enemy Territory
Chapter 19. Conclusions
PART FOUR. THE SEIZURE OF CRETE (Operation MERKUR)
Chapter 20. General
I. Strategic Factors and Planning
II. Situation in the Eastern Mediterranean
III. Military Topography
IV. The Defense Forces
V. The Attack Forces
VI. The Plan of Attack
VII. The Assembly Logistical Problems
Chapter 21. Operations
I. The Initial Airborne Landings (20 May 1941)
II. The Seaborne Invasion (20 22 May)
III. The Continuation of the Struggle (21 May-1 June)
VI. Casualties and Losses
Chapter 22. Lessons
Chapter 23. Conclusions
PART FIVE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE
BALKANS AND THE INVASION OF RUSSIA
Chapter 24. Influence of the Plans for Operation BARBAROSSA on the Campaigns in the Balkans
I. Hasty Execution of the Balkan Campaigns
II. Hurried Redeployment from the Balkans
III. Defective Occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece
Chapter 25. Effect of the Balkan Campaigns on Operation BARBAROSSA
I. Delay of Operation BARBAROSSA
II. The Redeployment of the Ground Forces
III. The Influence on Air Operations
IV. The Balkan Campaigns as a Diversion
Chapter 26. Conclusions 

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