Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija Демократска Федеративна Југославија Demokratična federativna Jugoslavija
1943–1945
Flag Emblem
Anthem: "Hej, Slaveni"
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia in 1945 prior to the Paris Peace Treaties
Capital and largest city	Belgrade
Official languages	Serbo-Croatian Slovene Macedonian
Official script	Cyrillic  • Latin
Demonym(s)	Yugoslav
Government	Federal constitutional monarchy under a provisional government
Chairman of the Presidium of the AVNOJ
• 1943–1945	Ivan Ribar
King
• 1943–1945	Peter II
Prime Minister
• 1943–1945	Josip Broz Tito
Legislature	Temporary National Assembly
Historical era	World War II
• Second Session of the AVNOJ	29 November 1943
• Tito–Šubašić Agreement	16 June 1944
• Provisional government formed	7 March 1945
• Elections	11 November 1945
• Monarchy abolished	29 November 1945
Area
• Total	255,804 km2 (98,766 sq mi)
Currency	Various (1943–1944): Serbian dinar, NDH kuna, Bulgarian lev, Italian lira, Reichsmark (1944–1945): Yugoslav dinar
Driving side	right
Preceded by Succeeded by Independent State of Croatia Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia German occupied territory of Montenegro Tsardom of Bulgaria Italian Social Republic Nazi Germany Kingdom of Hungary Albanian Kingdom Yugoslav government-in-exile Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, was a country in south-east Europe during World War II that existed from 1943–1945.

History

In November 1943, the partisans in Yugoslavia created the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia in The Second World War, against Germany and the Axis powers.

In September - November 1944, the Soviets crossed the Yugoslav border to help the partisans liberate Yugoslavia, the partisans and soviets liberated Belgrade in October,

In March 1945, a provisional government was created in Belgrade, the capital city.

The partisans would continue to liberate the country until May 1945, in which Germany would surrender, ending World War II for Yugoslavia.

In November 1945, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was formed.

Leaders

• Peter II (as king) (de jure)
• Josip Broz Tito (as prime minister) (de facto)

References