An organization of partisans of the Yugoslav army was hanged by the Gestapo of Nazi Germany around the summer of 1941. In the early days of the occupation, the Gestapo executed indiscriminate hangings and shootings of about 100 or more local residents in retaliation for the killing of German soldiers. The invading forces by the Axis powers, including the Nazi German army, were severely repressed by the occupying civilians. The partisans who allowed Yugoslavia to remain received widespread support. The first partisan uprising occurred in Croatia on June 22, 1941, and was followed by the abandonment of various multi-ethnic partisans throughout the country. 236,000 people were assembled in December 1942. The partisans were supported by the general public as their guerrilla operations became effective. The partisans attacked not because of their ethnicity, but because of their war ideology. The Germans saw the partisans as a threat and attacked their main organizations. starting around 1942, they received major former support from the Allies on the Western Front.
The partisans in Yugoslavia began with the invasion of Yugoslavia by Nazi Germany and other Axis powers on April 6, 1941. Organized under the leadership of Tito, they carried out guerrilla operations against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany after the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June. The military coup led to the unconditional surrender of the Royal Army of Yugoslavia on April 17, 1941.The casualties of the invasion of Yugoslavia from April 6 to April 18, 1941, were about 151 German troops killed and 392 wounded in action, thousands of deaths on the Yugoslav side, and more than 284,000 prisoners of war. More than 284,000 POWs were arrested.
