Greek–Yugoslav confederation

The last step was to be folding of the Balkan Union with a Central European federation formed by Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

157–8) Although caution was advised with revealing the hope that Bulgaria and Romania would join the union, on 4 February 1942, Eden stated in the House of Commons that the treaty signed between Yugoslavia and Greece was going to be a basis for the establishment of the Balkan confederation.

[5] Encouraged by the British Foreign Office, together with the Polish-Czechoslovak confederation, they were to form a pro-Western organisation of states between Germany and the Soviet Union.

[1][8][9][10] In 1942, the British government decided to support Josip Broz Tito's forces instead of the Chetniks in Yugoslavia and rejected the plan as unworkable.

[12] By the end of 1944, the Yugoslav Communist Party began the development of alternative plans for the establishment of a Balkan Federation.

Map of the British backed Balkan Union, with prewar borders on the left, and postwar borders on the right.
Initial "Greek-Yugoslav confederation" (step 1)
Expansion of confederation into "Balkan Union" (step 2)
Final stage of expansion, a union of the "Balkan Union" and an expanded " Polish–Czechoslovak confederation " that would include Hungary. (step 3)