Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral

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Was a Nazi German military district on the northern Adriatic coast created during World War II in 1943.

Establishment

September 1943: The Italian Governorship of Dalmatia was disestablished and the country's possessions were subsequently divided between Germany, which established its Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral, and the Independent State of Croatia, which established the new district of Sidraga-Ravni Kotari.

September 1943: The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral was established during the second part of World War II, in September 1943. It was a territory in Italy controlled directly by Nazi Germany.

November 1943: The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was a provisional state established during World War II on 29 November 1943 through the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ).

Chronology

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1. World War II

Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

1.1.World War II (Balkan Theatre)

Was the theatre of conflict of World War II that took place in the Balkans.

1.1.1.German Invasion of Slovenia

After the Italian capitulation on 8 September 1943, German forces invaded Slovenia.

1.1.2.Establishment of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was a provisional state established during World War II on 29 November 1943 through the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ). .

October 1944: Partisan-controlled territories in Yugoslavia by september 1944.

1.1.2.1.Partisan offensive in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia

Were a series of partisan offensives against Axis-occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

April 1945: On 12 April, the Yugoslav 3rd Army, under the command of Kosta Nađ, forced a crossing of the Drava river. The 3rd Army then fanned out through Podravina, reached a point north of Zagreb, and crossed the old Austrian border with Yugoslavia in the Dravograd sector.

April 1945: By 20 April, Yugoslavian forces led by Drapšin liberated Lika and the Croatian Littoral, including the islands, and reached the old Yugoslav border with Italy.

May 1945: After having captured the Italian territories of Rijeka and Istria from the German LXXXXVII Corps, the Yugoslav 4th Army beated the western Allies to Trieste by one day.

1.2.World War II (Italian Front)

Was the Italian Front of World War II.

1.2.1.War in the German Operational Zones of northern Italy

Were the events in the operational zones created by Germany in northern Italy during World War II.

May 1945: New Zealand 2nd Division receives German surrender of Trieste.

Disestablishment

April 1945: By 20 April, Yugoslavian forces led by Drapšin liberated Lika and the Croatian Littoral, including the islands, and reached the old Yugoslav border with Italy.

May 1945: After having captured the Italian territories of Rijeka and Istria from the German LXXXXVII Corps, the Yugoslav 4th Army beated the western Allies to Trieste by one day.

May 1945: New Zealand 2nd Division receives German surrender of Trieste.