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Crusades in Bosnia
The pope, with the aid of Catholic Hungary, was often infuriated by the poor attempts of the bans to quell the heretical sect of muslims, and sought to incite a religous crusade on Bosnia. This is important because the crusades where some of the most important religious events in history. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The first World War was sparked in the Balkans when a Black Hand revolutionary organization with predominately Serbian and Yugoslavia oriented members assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Ferdinand in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital, Sarajevo. This is important because this ignited World War I. -
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Franjo Tuđman
Was a Croatian politician that became the first President of Croatia in 1990 and he was also re-elected. He proclaimed Croatian independence. -
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Tito's Rule
Josip Broz Tito became the first leader of the new socialist-Yugoslavia, which he turned from an agricultural country, to a semi-industrial country. Tito is important because he is one of the most popular and important leaders during the World War II. -
Soviet Threat on Romania
Romania wanted to remain nuetral during WWII, but a soviet ultimatum was recieved with an implied threat of invasion under non-compliance. This prompted the Romanian government to join the Axis. This is important because this added another country to the Axis powers during World War II. -
Signing of the Tripartite Pact
All Balkan countries joined World War II, with the Axis nations. The Balkan countries all signed the Tripartite Pact on this day, which established the Axis powers. -
Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
Germany, Italy, and Hungary invaded Yugoslavia, which despite it's neighboring countries joining the Axis powers, remained an Allied country. This is important because it shows that not all European countries joined the Axis powers, despite their neighbor's influences. -
Yugoslav Front
A call by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to resist the Ustaše government marked the birth of the Yugoslav Partisans. -
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Slobodan Milosevic
He was the President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. His presidency was marked by the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav wars. -
Invasion of Romania and Bulgaria
The Soviet Union invaded both Romania and Bulgaria, while the Germans evacuated the Balkans. They left behind a region largely ruined as a result of war-time exploitation. By making use of the post-war seperation of Germany, they avoided having to pay reperations. -
Six republics and two provinces
Socialist Yugoslavia was declared by Marshall Tito in 1945. six republics werer created - Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia. In Serbia the two provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina were given autonomous status. -
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Communist Romania
Romania entered into the Warsaw Pact, and became another member of the Communism that was stretched across most of Europe. This is important because it is another big country throwing their lot in with the Communists. -
Soviet Occupation of Balkan Countries
During the Cold War, most of the countries in the Balkan Penninsula were goverened by Communist governments. This is important because communists were the head of the political spectrum in most European countries closer to Soviet Russia. -
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Croatian War of Independence
War wass between Croatia and Serbia. The war ended with a total Croatian victory and they had declared independence and preservation of its borders but results were 21–25% of its economy destroyed and $37 billion of damage and the total number of deaths on both sides was around 20,000, -
End of Battle of Vukovar
25 Agust 1992 Serbs attact Vukovar (Croatia). As Yugoslavia began to break up, Serbia's President Slobodan Milošević and Croatia's President Franjo Tuđman started to pursue nationalist politics. At the time it was the biggest and most terrible battle in Europe, and Vukovar was the first major European town entirely destroyed since the Second World War.[ -
Dayton agreement
There were created two self-governing entities within Bosnia - the Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim(Bosnjak)-Croat Federation. The settlement's aims were to protect the human rights but the agreement has been criticized for not reversing the results of ethnic cleansing. -
Slobodan Milosevic Lost A Presidential Election
He refused to accept the result, but was forced out of office by strikes and massive street protests. He was handed over to a UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, and put on trial for crimes against humanity and genocide. -
Seperation of Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro seperated and became their own countries. This is important because it created two new countries in Europe. -
Ivo Sanader arrest in Austria
Ivo Sanader is a Croatian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is accused of receiving 10 million euros in bribes from the CEO of the Hungarian oil company. -
Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac released
War heroes Ante Gotovina and Malden Markac were arrested for war crime in 2005. Last year they were sentenced to 24 and 18 years of jail but now they are released and whole Croatia is celebrating. This is very important because they are national Croatian heroes.
