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| | WW2DB: Balkans Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Seeing successes in Libya against the Italians, British efforts were redirected from the North African theater to the Balkans region. |
 | | On 1 Mar, Bulgaria joined the Axis, followed by Yugoslavia on 25 Mar. On 27 Mar, however, Yugoslavian regent Prince Pavle was overthrown in a coup d'état led by General Dusan Simovic, leading to Berlin's decision for a full-scale invasion. |
 | | The large scale British withdraw from the Balkans placed heavy demands on the Mediterranean Fleet, and the risks the fleet had taken placed a toll on its ships: two battleships damaged, one aircraft carrier sunk, three cruisers sunk and five damaged, and six destroyers sunk and seven damaged. |
| ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=36 (865 words) |
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