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1941
November
02
The split between the Partisans and the Chetniks
On 2 November 1941 Mihailović’s Chetniks attacked Tito’s Partisans at Užice. The feud between Serbia’s two resistance movements became open civil war.
1943
May
15
Case Black
On 15 May 1943 Germany and its allies launched Case Black, the fifth offensive against Tito's Partisans in Montenegro, also aimed at the Chetniks.
November
29
The second session of AVNOJ at Jajce
On 29 November 1943 at Jajce in Bosnia the partisan council AVNOJ declared itself Yugoslavia's supreme authority, set up Tito's government and barred the king.
December
03
Operation Kugelblitz
In December 1943 the Germans tried to encircle and destroy two of Tito's partisan corps in eastern Bosnia and the Sandžak, inflicting heavy losses but failing.
04
Tito proclaims a provisional government
In early December 1943 the world learned of Tito's government set up at Jajce. The royal government protested, while the British turned away from Mihailović.
1944
October
01
The Red Army in Yugoslavia
At the turn of September and October 1944 the Red Army crossed the Danube and entered eastern Serbia, as Tito had agreed beforehand with Stalin.
20
Key event
The liberation of Belgrade
On 20 October 1944, after a week of street fighting, the Red Army and Tito's Partisans drove the Germans from Belgrade, free after 3.5 years of occupation.
23
The liberation of Novi Sad
On 23 October 1944 Yugoslav Partisans, followed by Red Army soldiers, entered Novi Sad, the capital of Bačka, which Hungary had seized in 1941.
1945
May
25
The last battles in Yugoslavia
On 25 May 1945 the Yugoslav Army broke Ustaše resistance at Odžak. Ten days earlier the NDH forces' retreat had ended at Bleiburg; prisoners were murdered.