Erwin Rommel was sent to North Africa with a German panzer corps to assist the Italians against the British. Germany also planned to intervene and aid Italy in its war against Greece in Spring of 1941.
But when a coup in Yugoslavia installed an anti-Axis government there, Hitler ordered the German military to invade that country as well.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
“Farewell of Slavianka”
Composed in 1912 by Vasily Agapkin. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Coast Guard Band. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing War Theme
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