| Property | Value |
|---|
| rdfs:label | - Yugoslav order of battle for the invasion of Yugoslavia
|
| rdfs:comment | - The VKJ consisted of 33 divisions and 10 independent brigades, but due to tentative and incomplete mobilisation, only 7 divisions and 6 smaller formations were at close to fighting strength and in their planned deployment locations when the German-led Axis assault commenced on 6 April 1941. The Yugoslav defence plan involved placing the bulk of its land forces close to its borders, with very limited strategic reserves in depth. Almost all of the divisions that had been effectively mobilised were concentrated in the 3rd Army Group deployed in the east of the country along the Romanian and Bulgarian borders between the Iron Gates and the Greek border. Most of the heavy weapons and armoured vehicles available to the VKJ were obsolete, most formations were heavily reliant on animal-powered tra
|
| dcterms:subject | |
| dbkwik:military/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
| 1y | |
| PS | - , sources slightly vary on the total number of Bristol Blenheim Mk I light bombers allocated to the 1st Bomber Regiment, Barefield states 23, Savić & Ciglić state 24.
- , sources vary on the total number of Hawker Fury Mk II fighters allocated to the 5th Fighter Regiment, Savić & Ciglić state 25, Barefield states 30.
- , sources vary on the total number of Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3a fighters allocated to the 6th Fighter Regiment, Savić & Ciglić state 32, Barefield states 37.
|
| 2y | |
| 1a | |
| 1p | |
| 2A | |
| 2P | |
| abstract | - The VKJ consisted of 33 divisions and 10 independent brigades, but due to tentative and incomplete mobilisation, only 7 divisions and 6 smaller formations were at close to fighting strength and in their planned deployment locations when the German-led Axis assault commenced on 6 April 1941. The Yugoslav defence plan involved placing the bulk of its land forces close to its borders, with very limited strategic reserves in depth. Almost all of the divisions that had been effectively mobilised were concentrated in the 3rd Army Group deployed in the east of the country along the Romanian and Bulgarian borders between the Iron Gates and the Greek border. Most of the heavy weapons and armoured vehicles available to the VKJ were obsolete, most formations were heavily reliant on animal-powered transport, and the VKJ possessed only 50 tanks that could engage front line German tanks on an equal basis. On 6 April 1941, the VVKJ had been almost completely mobilised, and consisted of 4 air brigades with more than 400 aircraft of Yugoslav, German, Italian, French and British design, including less than 120 modern fighter aircraft, and less than 110 modern medium bombers. Other than a small number of locally made Rogožarski IK-3 fighters, almost all the modern aircraft available to the VVKJ were of German, Italian or British design for which limited spares and munitions were available. The KJRM consisted of a flotilla of river monitors based on the Danube and a small fleet based in several ports along the Adriatic coast. The blue-water navy centred around a destroyer leader, three smaller destroyers, four obsolescent submarines and a gunboat, supplemented by minelayers and torpedo boats. Most of the smaller vessels in the Yugoslav fleet had been inherited from the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire following World War I and were obsolete.
|
