Smederevski okrug u proleće 1941. godine
The Smederevo Distirct In Spring 1941

Summary/Abstract: After the April War defeat and capitulation of the Yugoslav Army on 17th April 1941, Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied and divided among Axis powers. On of the dozen of the districts that belonged to the German-occupied Serbia, was Smederevo district in northeastern Serbia at Danube river. This article provieds the information on creation of the occupying apparatus, and other aspects of life under the occupation until the communist-led uprisinig on the summer of 1941. It outlines the return of the people to the normal life, ajustment to the new patterns of daily life and reemergence of the Serbian security forces in distirct. Whole period was marked by huge and catastrophic explosion of the captured stocks of ammuntion inside of the Smederevo Fortress on 5th June 1941 which caused hunderds of casulties among the civilians. After this tragical event, a specific Serbian insttitutiuon was created: Comissairiat for the rebuliding of the Smederevo, led by the pre-war right wing politician Dimitrije Ljotić.

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