On April 6, 1941, German and Italian fascist aggressors quickly occupied Yugoslavia with a force of 23 divisions. On June 27, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the South decided to establish the Yugoslavian People's Guerrilla Command, with Tito as the commander-in-chief. They launched a nationwide July Uprising and centered around Urce in the western mountains of Serbia
On April 6, 1941, German and Italian fascist aggressors quickly occupied Yugoslavia with a force of 23 divisions. On June 27, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the South decided to establish the Yugoslavian People's Guerrilla Command, with Tito as the commander-in-chief. They launched a nationwide July Uprising and centered around Urce in the western mountains of Serbia