Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I muri i te whakaekenga a te Yugoslav i te 27 o Poutu-te-rangi 1941, i whakaarohia e Hitler tenei mahi hei whakahawea whaiaro me te karanga mo te whakangaromanga o Yugoslavia ma te Führer Directive 25. I te 6 o Paenga-whāwhā 1941, ka whakatinanahia te Führer Directive 25 me te whakaeke nui o Belgrade
i puta i nga haora wawe o te whakaekenga. Ko te whakaeke pōro i ngā whāinga tūmatanui e hua ana i te matenga o ngā tāngata tūmatanui i waenganui i te 1,500 me te 17,000. Whai muri i te mutunga o te pakanga, "Generaloberst" Alexander Löhr i whakawakia mo nga hara o te pakanga tae atu ki tana mahi i te pahū o Belgrade. I whakamatea ia i te tau 1948.