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The peak of emigration from what is now Slovenia was between 1860 and 1914; during this period, between 170,000 and 300,000 left areas that are now part of Slovenia. [6] By 1880 there were around 1,000 Slovene Americans, many of whom worked in the Upper Midwest as miners; within 30 years, about 30,000 to 40,000 Slovenian immigrants lived in the ...
The overall number of World War II casualties in Slovenia is estimated at 97,000. The number includes about 14,000 people, who were killed or died for other war-related reasons immediately after the end of the war, [86] [87] and the tiny Jewish community, which was nearly annihilated in the Holocaust.
The Slovene diaspora include autochthonous Slovene minority in Italy, estimated at 83,000 – 100,000, [1] Slovene minority in southern Austria at 24,855, in Croatia at 13,200, and Slovene minority in Hungary at 3,180 [2] and a significant Slovene expatriate communities live in the United States (most notably Greater Cleveland, home to the highest concentration outside Europe [3] with ...
Slovenia was in a rare position in Europe during the Second World War because only Greece shared its experience of being divided between three or more countries. However, Slovenia was the only one that experienced a further step—absorption and annexation into neighboring Germany , Italy , Croatia , and Hungary . [ 12 ]
Indiana Dunes: American Revolutionary War: 4 United States vs Kingdom of Great Britain and American Indians: de LaBalme Massacre: November 5, 1780 Near the Eel River in Whitley County: American Revolutionary War: 25+ Continental Army vs American Indians: Lochry's Defeat: August 24, 1781 Near Aurora: American Revolutionary War: Illinois Campaign: 37
The following is an incomplete list of wars fought by Slovenia, by its people or regular armies during periods when Slovene states (whether constituent or sovereign) existed, from antiquity to the present day. [a] The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: Slovenian victory
Following the re-establishment of Yugoslavia at the end of World War II, Slovenia became part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, declared on 29 November 1943. A socialist state was established, but because of the Tito–Stalin split , economic and personal freedoms were broader than in the Eastern Bloc .
On 19 February 1944, the 120-member Črnomelj plenum of Liberation Front of the Slovenian People changed its name to SNOS and proclaim itself as the temporary Slovenian parliament. One of its most important decisions was that after the end of the war Slovenia would become a state within the Yugoslav federation. [18]