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NDH

Independent State of Croatia
Nezavisna Država Hrvatska
Puppet state of Germany (1941–45)
Protectorate of Italy (1941–43)
1941–1945
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Lijepa naša domovino
Independent State of Croatia in 1942
Capital Zagreb
Languages Croatian
Religion Roman Catholicism and Islam
Government Kingdom (1941–43),
Fascist one-party state
King
 •  1941–1943 Tomislav II
Poglavnik
 •  1941–1945 Ante Pavelić
Prime Minister
 •  1941–1943 Ante Pavelić
 •  1943–1945 Nikola Mandić
Historical era World War II
 •  State proclaimed 10 April 1941
 •  Surrender of Germany 8 May 1945
Area
 •  1941 115,133 km² (44,453 sq mi)
Population
 •  1941 est. 6,966,729 
     Density 60.5 /km²  (156.7 /sq mi)
Currency NDH Kuna
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Today part of  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Serbia
 Slovenia
*Aimone, Duke of Spoleto accepted nomination on 18 May 1941, abdicated 31 July 1943 and renounced all claims on 12 October 1943. Subsequently, the state was no longer a technical monarchy. Ante Pavelić became head of state, and his title as leader of the ruling Ustaše movement, "Poglavnik", officially became the title of the NDH head of state.

The Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; German: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; Italian: Stato Indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II puppet state of Germany and Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers. Its territory consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as some parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia.

During its entire existence, the state was governed by the fascist Ustaše movement and its Poglavnik,Ante Pavelić. The regime targeted Serbs, Jews and Roma as part of a large-scale genocide campaign, as well as anti-fascist or dissident Croats and Muslims. Between 1941–45, 22 concentration camps existed inside the territory controlled by the Independent State of Croatia, two of which (Jastrebarsko and Sisak) housed only children and the largest of which was Jasenovac.


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