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| Independent State of Croatia | ||||||||||
| Nezavisna Država Hrvatska | ||||||||||
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Puppet state of Germany (1941–45) Protectorate of Italy (1941–43) |
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Anthem Lijepa naša domovino |
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 Independent State of Croatia in 1942
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| Capital | Zagreb | |||||||||
| Languages | Croatian | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism and Islam | |||||||||
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Kingdom (1941–43), Fascist one-party state |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Serbia Slovenia
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| *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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