
Serbia in the 1940’s
After the dismemberment of Yugoslavia, in 1941 (see below and Yugoslavia: History, in this App.), On 7 June 1941 its borders with Croatia were established and on the following 29 August the appointment of the Serbian Prime Minister took place. Serbia in the period 1941-45 broadly included the territory of Serbia prior to the Balkan wars, therefore without an outlet to the sea; towards Bulgaria it possessed a section of the Morava valley in less, while it also had a part of the former sangiaccato of Novi Bazar. The Banat, wedged between Hungary and Romania, remained attached to Serbia, but dependent on the German military command, and was granted a certain autonomy, given the presence of a large German ethnic group (200,000 residents 640,000). Including Banat, Serbia extended over 59,000…