German-occupied territory of Montenegro

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During World War II, an area of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia previously occupied as the Italian governorate of Montenegro was occupied by German forces after the September 1943 Armistice of Cassibile, in which the Kingdom of Italy capitulated and joined the Allies. Italian forces retreated from the governorate, and from neighbouring Albania. German forces occupied Montenegro immediately, along with Albania, and the territory remained under German occupation until they and many of their local collaborators withdrew in December 1944. Immediately after the Italian surrender, German forces occupied most of the former governorate, excepting some areas controlled by the Yugoslav Partisans. The territory was administered as an occupied territory under German Feldkommandtur (area command) No. 1040, commanded by Generalmajor Wilhelm Keiper. Until the spring of 1944, Keiper's area command was subordinated to a succession of higher headquarters; first the German General in Albania, then the V SS Mountain...

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