Talk:Invasion of Yugoslavia

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I don't know how to edit redirects, but this invasion was codenamed both Operation Punishment and Operation 25. Operation 25 has a redirect to here, but really all three articles should be combined. 216.242.114.115 14:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

No. the Invasion of Yugoslavia (Operation 25) was an act of invasion, and Operation Punishment was only the bombing of Belgrade.--TheFEARgod 08:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

no,i created the article and italy under mussolini forces defeated yugoslavia and the british army without any hewlp from any other axis countries smoking dude

[edit] Wait a minute....

"Italy: 50,000 Fascist troops 10,000 planes completely destroyed 34,000 tanks completely destroyed

Allies:

70,000 Yugoslavian troops 23,000 Yugoslavian tanks completely destroyed 16,500 Yugoslavian planes completely destroyed 80,000 Yugoslavians civilians dead

48,000 British troops dead 16,000 British planes completely destroyed 40,000 tanks destroyed

Strength:

Italy:

   * 99,990 Italian troops
   * 11,700 Italian planes
   * 56,000 Italian tanks

Allies:

   * 97,000 Yugoslavian troops
   * 20,000 Yugoslavian planes
   * 34,000 Yugoslavian tanks

   * 52,000 British troops
   * 24,000 British planes
   * 42,000 British tanks"

These figures are nonsense. Kurt.

I know,it's Dark-Hooded Smoker who did it and that dude is completely stupid and he's been blocked permanently shame on him!

In the last paragraph, the link to the "independent state of Croatia" links to nothing while it should link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia

[edit] The true Italian role in the Yugoslavian Campaign!

The troops of the 2nd Italian Army took Ljubljana on April 11 and then the Dalmatian coast.The troops of the 9th Italian Army, from Albania, occupied Montenegro and Dubrovnik. Ljubljana became Italian on May 3 and Dalmatia on May 18. Montenegro became formally "independent". The statements above are ridicolous and don`t help the historical research.

[edit] German air losses

Yugoslav sources (including the Belgrade Aviation Museum) claim around 100 axis aircraft destroyed or damaged beyond repair in air battles, by th AAA and bombed on the ground (at least one raid on an airfield near Sofia was carried out by 4 Yugoslav Do-17k s). The losses would be mostly German and at least 3 Italian bombers. While these claims may be exaggerated (not uncommon amoung other air forces as well - see Flying Tigers for instance), the "two fighters only lost over Belgrade" claim is certainly false. Stukas and Do-17s fell in that fight too. In battles over Belgrade 12-40 German aircraft were lost (depending on the source). Additionally the first attack wave did NOT wipe out the Yugoslav air force. Many Yugoslav pilots as Milutin Grozdanović or Milisav Semiz made multiple take-offs and intercepted succeding waves as well.