The Paris Peace Conference following World War One first recognized Yugoslavia as a new state and expanded its area taking parts of Austria and Hungary. It also divided the area into the states of Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and other territories. Hungarian and Bulgarian demands of revisions to the treaty that gave Yugoslavia these lands led Yugoslavia to make alliances with Czechoslovakia and Romania. These three countries came to be known as the Little Entente and were in close cooperation with France. Alexander became the King of the entire territory and declared himself the Dictator after Croats set up a separate parliament. This is when the area’s name was changed to Yugoslavia.
King Alexander had hoped to restrain separatist intentions and lessen nationalist ideas among the different regions of the area. However, European powers would intervene when the Fascists and Nazis came to power in Italy and Germany. Also the Soviet Union, under Stalin, along with Italy and......
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