00:00October 9, 1934. During a state visit to Marseille, the Yugoslav monarch, Alexander I Karadordovich,
00:07is assassinated along with the French foreign minister, Louis Barthou. The fatal shots are
00:12fired by a Macedonian nationalist, Vlado Cernizemski, who is soon shot dead by French
00:18gendarmes responding to the attack. According to subsequent investigations, Cernizemski was
00:24armed by Ante Pavelic, leader of the Croatian Ustasa, supported by Mussolini. A diplomatic
00:30crisis erupts between France and Italy, while in Belgrade, Prince Paul assumes the regency of the
00:35kingdom in place of the heir, Peter, who is only a child.
