Yugoslavia banknote - 10 lire - 1944 - Slovenia Laibach serie -German occupation

Description: During World War II, under pressure from Adolf Hitler, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria joined the Axis. When Hitler forced Yugoslavia to join the Tripartite Pact, the Regent, Prince Paul, succumbed on March 25, 1941. This caused an internal dissent and Serbian military officers launched a coup d’état and replaced the Regent with the young under-aged prince who was proclaimed King Peter II. Upset at the coup d’état, Hitler decided to invade and destroy Yugoslavia as a nation. The invasion was launched on April 6, 1941 with massive air bombings on Belgrade by the German Luftwaffe and ground forces from Bulgaria followed by ground forces from Hungary, Romania and Austria. Fascist Italy’s main thrust was toward Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The Royal Yugoslav Army surrendered on April 17, 1941. Following the capitulation of the Yugoslav army, the country was partitioned and Italy occupied Ljubljana, making it a province of the Kingdom of Italy and renamed it Provincia di Lubiana. Mussolini’s rule was harsh and Ljubljana witnessed the deportation of 25,000 locals to several concentration camps. The Italians also implemented ethnic cleansing with the intent of replacing the Slovenes with Italians. After the Italian Armistice, signed on September 8, 1943, the region was occupied by the Germans. Today, most of this territory is in the Republic of Slovenia. During the period of Italian occupation, Banca d’Italia banknotes circulated freely. No attempts were made to issue occupied territory banknotes. The exception was the city of Fiume, the Istrian Peninsula and the Slovene coastal area. Well before World War II, the port city of Fiume on the Adriatic Sea and the Istrian Peninsula was occupied by Fascist Italy after Benito Mussolini’s successful march on Rome in 1923. The Italian Lire circulated in this region since it was under Italian control. Italy surrendered and became an Allied forces member in September, 1943. Yugoslav partisans, who had been fighting Nazi Germany reoccupied the lost territory and established the State Bank for Istria, Fiume and the Slovenian Coast in 1945. SLOVENIA LAIBACH ISSUES - GERMAN OCCUPATIONThe LAIBACH issues are very rare and were issued when Slovenia (part of Yugoslavia then) was under German occupation during World War II. The 10 Lire banknotes portraying a Slovenian woman with a hat were issued on November 28, 1944.

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