Sovjetska diplomatija o prvim danima okupacije Srbije (april-jun 1941)

Abstract

: The paper analyzes the assessment of Soviet diplomacy regarding the consequences of the Yugoslav military breakdown during the April War, based on unpublished and largely unknown documentary sources resulting from the work of the Soviet diplomatic service, the character of the occupational division of the Yugoslav territory, with special reference to the Serbian national space, the establishment of an occupation system, education of the occupying governing bodies, the first political, economic and repressive measures of the German military authorities, problems in supplying the population, reconstruction of the wrecked infrastructure, and the evacuation of diplomatic missions in Belgrade.

Keywords

• serbia
• yugoslavia
• soviet union
• belgrade
• april war
• occupation
• 1941
• diplomacy