the irredentist aspiration of the dalmatian italians was fully met when yugoslavia in april 1941 was conquered and occupied by italy and germany. at the end of that month almost all of the dalmatian coast, with the major cities of spalato, sebenico, and cattaro was annexed to italy with the name governatorate of dalmatia. the coastal area between fiume and segna was not incorporated in the governorate and went to the fascist croatia of ante pavelić (although it was controlled militarily by the italian army). even the area around ragusa was theoretically croatian, but the italians ruled everything in the city, opening even italian schools.