A Time For War, A Time For Peace

By GlennCanfield
  • Oct 20, 1389

    Battle of Kosovo

    • Turks defeat Serbia and rule for 400 years, causing Serbian hatred towards Muslims.

  • Turks Defeated

    • Austro-Hungarian Empire controls Bosnia after Turks defeated;
      resentment births Serbian nationalism.

  • Yugoslavia

    • Yugoslavia formed from Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia.
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    Nazi's Influence Croatia

    • Invading Germans promise Croatians a “Greater
      Croatia." Together they kill hundreds of thousands of Serbs and Jews.
    • Serbs then massacre Croatians and Bosniaks.
    • Nazi occupation a major trigger of later ethnic war.
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    Tito's rule

    • Tito, a Croatian resistance leader against Communists, rules Yugoslavia with a no- tolerance policy toward ethnic nationalism.
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    Tito Dies

    • Tito dies; replaced by collective presidency. One representative from
      eight regions formed a stable Yugoslavia.

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    • Communism falls in Eastern Europe

  • Hatred Grows

    • Mistrust grows as three nationalist leaders elected: Muslim Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic; Croatian Franjo; Serbian Slobodan Milosevic.

  • Croatian President Blocked

    • Serbs block Croatian presidential rotation.

  • Declaring Independance

    • Croatia and Slovenia declare independence
    • Serbs attack to maintain Serb-controlled Yugoslav Federation

  • Serbs Cause Trouble

    • Yugoslav National Army, mostly Serbs, rescue Serbian rebels in Croatia.
    • Germany recognizes Croatia’s independence.
    • Serbs respond by dividing old Yugoslavia along ethnic lines.

  • Arms Embargo

    • United Nations places Yugoslavian arms embargo.
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    War Begins

    • Bosnian Croats and Muslims vote to break away from Yugoslavia- Serbs begin siege of capital, Sarajevo.