Editing Puppet state (section)

====New states formed to reflect national aspirations====
* {{Flagicon|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)}} [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovak Republic]] under the [[Slovak People's Party]] (1939–1945) – The Slovak Republic was a German [[client state]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} The Slovak People's Party was a [[Clerical fascism|clerofascist]] [[nationalism|nationalist]] movement associated with the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]. [[Monsignor]] [[Jozef Tiso]] became president in a nominally independent Slovakia.
* {{Flagicon|Independent State of Croatia}} [[Independent State of Croatia]] (1941–1945) – The Independent State of Croatia (''Nezavisna Država Hrvatska'' or NDH) was a German and Italian puppet regime. On paper, the NDH was a kingdom under King [[Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta|Tomislav II]] (Aimone, Duke of Spoleto) of the [[House of Savoy]],<ref>Friedman, Francine (2004). ''Bosnia and Herzegovina: a polity on the brink''. Routledge. p. 130. {{ISBN|0415274354}}. "...nominally Croatia was ruled by the Italian Duke of Spoleto styled as King"</ref> but Tomislav II was only a figurehead in Croatia who never exercised any real power, with [[Ante Pavelić]] a somewhat independent leader (''[[Poglavnik]]''), though staying obedient to Rome and Berlin.