Civil War Rages in Yugoslavia
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Wars, Coups, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Croatia
- Date: June 25, 1991-June 1, 1992
Article abstract: Civil war rages in Yugoslavia, unleashing ethnic violence and resulting in the atomization of Yugoslavia into separate republics.
Summary of Event
Ever since the seventh century, when three Slavic tribes—Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes—migrated from Russia to the Balkans, they had maintained their separate existence, until the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes by King Aleksander on December 1, 1918. This separate existence has been the outcome of fundamental historical and cultural differences among them. Though...
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