The Third Reich and Yugoslavia : An Economy of Fear, 1933-1941

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Cover Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Sources and literature overview Notes on terminology and disclaimers 1 Yugoslavia, South-Eastern Europe and economic decision-making in Hitler’s Germany Mitteleuropa, Grosswirtschaftsraum and German economic theories Polycracy in the Third Reich 2 The Austrian partnership The political context before 1933 Germany, Yugoslavia and the Austrian question The road to neutrality From player to played 3 Economic relations under the auspices of Schacht’s New Plan The transition years 1930–3 in the Danube region End of German reparations German-Yugoslav economic relations in the wake of Hitler’s rise to power The May 1934 Trade Agreement Little Entente’s economic cooperation The war economy, Hjalmar Schacht and the New Plan German-Yugoslav economic relations after May 1934 Towards import controls Political prey or economic outlet? 4 In the web of the Axis Germany and Italy in the Danube region Germany comes to the fore A mouse between the cats 5 Yugoslavia and the Four-Year Plan The beginnings of the Four-Year Plan Dresden and Berlin meetings Between Berlin and Dubrovnik Economic relations after the Anschluss Armament deliveries Elusive freedom 6 The Third Reich and the industrialization of Yugoslavia The consequences of the Abyssinian Crisis German investments in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia’s state purchases in Germany Germany and modernization of Yugoslavia’s agriculture Mutual importance The deployment of Germany’s soft power Yugoslav reaction to German economic theories Conflicting directions 7 Ideological traps in the Nazi decade Antisemitism in pre-1941 Yugoslavia Native fascism in the 1930s The Third Reich and Yugoslavia on ideological crossroads Yugoslav Volksdeutsche between homeland and fatherland Limited fear 8 Bringing Yugoslavia in line German armament deliveries after September 1939 Before the fall of France Pre-1914 credits Economy and politics become one Economy of fear 9 Yugoslavia commits suicide Uncomfortable neutrality War comes to the Balkans The end Conclusion Notes Bibliography