 The new government withdrew its support for the Axis, but did not repudiate the Tripartite Pact.Nevertheless, Axis forces, led by Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941.In central Serbia the Germans occupiers established the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia ("Gebiet des Militärbefehlshabers in Serbien"), the only area of partitioned Yugoslavia under direct German military government, with the day-to-day administration of the territory controlled by the German Chief of the Military Administration.