Died 1970-11-03.
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Peter II of Yugoslavia
Peter II Karađorđević was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty.
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politics · King of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945 · king · monarch · also Peter II of Yugoslavia, Petar II Karađorđević, Yugoslavia
Born 6 September 1923 · Died 3 November 1970 · Q223183
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1967· 1 entry
Peter took on a job for the first time in his life, working for the Sterling Savings & Loan Association in Los Angeles
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1964· 1 entry
Hosting the local meeting of the Alliance Francaise in 1965, attending a memorial for General Mihailović at the Milhailovich Memorial Home in 1966 and in 1967 attending an event for the Knights of Malta where he knighted
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1963· 3 entries
“The State Department has told me that I am a guest in your country, and so I must not discuss American foreign policy towards Yugoslavia.”
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Peter told the Chicago Tribune: "The State Department has told me that I am a guest in your country, and so I must not discuss American foreign policy towards Yugoslavia
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Alexandra, who was suffering from severe depression, tried to commit suicide
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1959· 1 entry
The Chicago Tribune reported about Peter's visit to the Chicago suburb of Waukegan:
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1956· 1 entry
Queen Alexandra published a memoir, For the Love of a King, which one American reviewer described as:
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1953· 1 entry
The Sunday Express newspaper in London reported that Peter, who was living in France, was suffering from "money tangles", had a "cheque bounce in Paris" and was involved in an "unpleasant scene" in a party in Biarritz ho
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1951· 1 entry
Peter went on the Ford Festival TV show, where he was described as a "sad-eyed youth" who was "a flop as a TV personality" as he was noticeably nervous in front of the TV cameras and was quickly dismissed by the host, Ja
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1949· 1 entry
It was reported that the "young, modern, democratic monarch who refused to accept the situation in his country" spoke to the Kohler Woman's club in Sheboygan on the subject of "My kingdom for freedom"
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1948· 1 entry
Peter visited Chicago, staying at the Drake Hotel, visited the Inland Steel works and Armour stockyards "where many Yugoslavs work" and spent much time at the Serbian Orthodox Seminary of St
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1944· 1 entry
On 10 June 1944, Šubašić flew to the island of Vis to meet Tito for talks, and on 16 June 1944 it was announced that the Partisans were the only recognized agents of the government-in-exile in Yugoslavia and the governing bodies set up by the Communists were the provisional government of Yugoslavia.
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1942· 3 entries
Tried to involve the Soviet Union and the United States as counter-balances
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That the Chetniks were not engaging in resistance, but instead collaborating with the Germans and the Italians in order to fight against the Communist Partisans proved to be extremely damaging to the image of King Peter
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Peter made a diplomatic visit to America and Canada, where he met American President Franklin D
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1941· 2 entries
In the British media, partly by the Yugoslav government-in-exile itself, as a force of ferocious guerrillas fiercely fighting the Germans at every turn, led to very grave disappointments by 1942 when it emerged at very b
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That a full-scale guerrilla war was being waged against the Axis, leading as Pavlowitch put for Mihailović "
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1934· 2 entries
Career landmark: King of Yugoslavia (1934–1945).
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At the age of 11 after his father was assassinated during a state visit to Marseille
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-09-06.
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