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On the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]], the Comintern established the Dimitrov Battalion. Named after Georgi Dimitrov, the battalion comprised Greeks and people from the Balkans. Tito eventually became one of the battalion's senior commanders.
The Yugoslavian government headed by Prince-Regent Paul allied itself with the fascist dictatorships of Germany and Italy. However, on March 27, 1941, a military coup established a government more sympathetic to the Allies. Ten days later, the Luftwaffe bombed Yugoslavia and virtually destroyed Belgrade. The [[
Tito returned to Yugoslavia and helped establish the [[La Résistance|partisan resistance fighters]]. Initially, the Allies provided military aid to the [[The Remnant|Chetniks]] led by Draža Mihailović. Information reached Sir [[Winston Churchill]] that the Četniks had been collaborating with the Germans and Italians. At Teheran, the decision was taken in mid-1943 to switch this aid to Tito and the partisans.
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