By the end of the s, his political activity became more radical as he called on Croats to revolt against Yugoslavia, and schemed an Italian protectorate of Croatia separate from Yugoslavia.
He created a political system similar to that of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The NDH, though constituting a Greater Croatia , was forced by the Italians to relinquish several territorial concessions to the latter. He subsequently ordered the NDH to flee to Austria to surrender their armed forces to the advancing British Army , which refused and directed them to surrender to the Partisans. The resulting injuries eventually led to his death on 28 December , aged 70, after spending the last two and a half years in Francoist Spain.
Health problems briefly interrupted his education in He continued his education in Zagreb, the home city of his elder brother Josip. His failure to complete his fourth-year classes meant he had to retake the exam.
Early in his high school days, he joined the Pure Party of Rights [ 17 ] as well as the Frankovci students' organization, founded by Josip Frank , the father-in-law of Slavko Kvaternik , an Austro-Hungarian colonel. Later he attended high school in Senj at the classical gymnasium , where he completed his fifth-year classes.
Health problems again interrupted his education, and he took a job on the road in Istria , near Buzet. In he finished his sixth-year classes in Karlovac. His seventh-year classes were completed in Senj. After completing his clerkship, he became a lawyer in Zagreb.
