The Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was a sovereign state during World War II.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The sources confirm the NDH was proclaimed as an independent state in April 1941, but they describe it as a puppet state or protectorate of Germany and Italy that was never fully sovereign. Whether it counts as 'sovereign' depends on a contested reading, and the post uses the word to argue the NDH had sovereignty over Yugoslav territory.
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… something of a regional expert on the Balkans, and so his work product is scribbled in the margins of a lot of internal documents relating to the situation in Yugoslavia, you know, the Bosnia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and occupied Serbia, essentially, you know, because the NDH was a sovereign state. Um There was a note, one of these such notes penned by Rademacher, refers to an oral order by telephone, and it essentially reads, paraphrasing, quote, Eichmann proposes shooting with respect to suspected partisan activity. …
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Contradicts. Britannica and Wikipedia describe the NDH as a World War II-era puppet state and a protectorate of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, which undercuts claims of full sovereignty.[3][4]
Contradicts. A scholarly article states the NDH was a puppet regime whose authority came from a foreign conqueror, was 'never fully sovereign in its own house,' and remained under foreign occupation throughout its existence.[5]
Supports. The NDH was proclaimed as an independent Croatian state on April 10, 1941, with a formal government under Ante Pavelić.[1][2][6]
Context. Some sources describe the NDH as 'quasi-state' and note it was not constitutionally sovereign in its foreign policy, security or defence, so the answer turns on whether nominal independence counts as sovereignty.[3][5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 5 not rated
- 1Factbox: Ex-Yugoslav Croatia, set to join European Unionreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Croatia - United States Department of Statestate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Independent State of Croatia - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Independent State of Croatia - Encyclopedia Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5[PDF] Between Legal Formalism and Wartime Pragmatism: Recognition ...hrcak.srce.hr · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Croatia, Independent State of | Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Development of the statecroatia.eu · not rated · cited for: context
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