Independent State of Montenegro (Axis Triumph)

The Independent State of Montenegro, also called the Kingdom of Montenegro, was a state established in the former territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after it's invasion by the Axis Powers in April 1941. It was one of the three puppet regimes established by Nazi Germany within former Yugoslavia, the other two being the Independent State of Croatia and the Free State of Serbia. Montenegro had close relations to Serbia, but was often at odds with Croatia, due to Croatia's genocidal ultranationalist regime. It was initially a puppet state of the Italian Empire, but after World War II ended, Germany weakened Italy's hold on it's regimes in the Balkans, and Montenegro was given much more freedoms.