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Yugoslav Wars; Part of the breakup of Yugoslavia and the post–Cold War era: Clockwise from top-left: Officers of the Slovenian National Police Force escort captured soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army back to their unit during the Slovenian War of Independence; a destroyed M-84 tank during the Battle of Vukovar; anti-tank missile installations of the Serbia-controlled Yugoslav People's ...
End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Western Front) Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist regimes in various countries (including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany) Establishment of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (/ ˌ j uː ɡ oʊ ˈ s l ɑː v i ə /; lit. ' Land of the South Slavs ') [a] was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. It came into existence following World War I, [b] under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from the merger of the Kingdom of Serbia with the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, and constituted the ...
The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) subjects the formerly-republic and -territorial defense system to a central command, effectively disarming Croatia and Slovenia. The first democratic elections in 45 years are held in Yugoslavia in an attempt to bring the Yugoslav socialist model into the new, post–Cold War world.
List of wars involving Yugoslavia; 0–9. 1918 occupation of Međimurje; A. Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921) Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954)
The number of people identifying as Yugoslav fell drastically in all successor states since the beginning of the 21st century and the conclusion of all Yugoslav Wars and separation of Serbia and Montenegro (until 2003 called FR Yugoslavia). The country with the highest number of people and percentage of population identifying as Yugoslav is ...
The Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999) were a series of conflicts following the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Serbian soldiers played pivotal roles in these wars, serving in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), local Serbian forces, and various paramilitary units. This article provides a list of notable Serbian soldiers, their roles, and their historical ...
Dragan Obrenović was a senior officer and commander in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and later the Republic of Srpska Army (VRS). Milan Lukić was a commander in the paramilitary group " White Eagles " and was a prominent figure in the 1992 takeover and subsequent ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia.