During World War II, four occupation regimes – the German, Italian, Hungarian and the Croatian Ustashe regimes – divided Slovenes into four state entities and, in the ethnic sense, sentenced many to death also by resorting to genocidal methods. Due to these measures used by the occupying forces, the division by four occupiers, as well as due to the growing political divide, World War II marks one of the most significant moments in the history of the Slovene nation, which managed to survive but remains deeply affected by it to this day.