Now in the seat of power, Pavelić begins shifting his alliance away from Mussolini, and toward Hitler. But his actions prove he’s still nothing more than a puppet to Axis leaders. Hatred for Pavelić builds after he engineers a genocide, culminating in a brutal insurrection waged by Josip Tito and the Partisans.

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