Serbia

This month was a significant period as World War I began. Germany issued declarations of war against many countries including France and Russia.

After the break-up the different religous groups caused a split in ethnic and culture causeing them to turn on each other.

Bosians-muslim, Croats-roman christians, Serbs-orthodax christian

In simplistic terms, Yugoslavia waged a guerilla war against their Axis invaders. As they got stronger and inflicted actual damage on the Axis the Allies increased the amount of military aid to the country. As the resistance was led by the Communist Party, who later assumed control their closet ties were probably with the Soviet Union

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The Kingdom of Serbia had 707,343 men fighting in World War I.

Yugoslavia consisted of 6 republics: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro.

Serbs, Macedonians and people of Montenegro are Orthodoyes.

Croats, Slovenians are Chatolics.

Population i Bosnia and Hercegovina is mostly Muslim.

About 75,000 Jews from Slovakia or 83 percent of the estimated Jewish

population were annihilated.

A confluence of multiple factors came to fruition resulting in the civil war, genocides and ethnic cleansing that personified the breakup of Yugoslavia. The first were the forces of nationalism that were long and brutally suppressed. The second was the break-up of the Soviet Union, in addition to the rapid democratization and waves of independence that spread across Europe in the late 80s and early 90s. Other sources of conflict related to nationality were along religious lines of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Muslim lines chiefly involving Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Kosovars, and Albanians.

Serbia was great middle age state. When Ottomans concored Byzantine, they started attacking Serbia empire. They defited Serbs at Marica river battle in 1371. The Battle of Kosovo (1389)defined the fate of Serbia, because after it no force capable of standing up to the Turks existed. The Turks continued their conquest until they finally seized the entire Serbian territory in 1459 when Smederevo fell into their hands. Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries. The Turks persecuted the Serbian aristocracy, determined to physically exterminate the social elite. Since the Ottoman Empire was an Islamic theocratic state, Christian Serbs lived as virtual bond servants - abused, humiliated and exploited. European powers, and Austria in particular, fought many wars against Turkey, relying on the help of the Serbs that lived under Ottoman rule. During the Austrian-Turkish War (1593-1606) in 1594 the Serbs staged an uprising in Banat - the Pannonian part of Turkey, and the sultan retaliated by burning the remains of St. Sava - the most sacred thing for all Serbs honored even by Moslems of Serbian origin. During the Great War (1683-1690) between Turkey and the Holy Alliance - created with the sponsorship of the Pope and including Austria, Poland and Venice - these three powers incited the Serbs to rebel against the Turkish authorities, and soon uprisings and guerrilla spread throughout the western Balkans: from Montenegro and the Dalmatian coast to the Danube basin and Ancient Serbia (Macedonia, Raska, Kosovo and Metohija). However, when the Austrians started to pull out of Serbia, they invited the Serbian people to come north with them to the Austrian territories. Having to choose between Turkish vengeance and living in a Christian state, Serbs massively abandoned their homesteads and headed north lead by their patriarch Arsenije Carnojevic. Many areas in southern Balkans were de-populated in the process, and the Turks used the opportunity to Islamize Raska, Kosovo and Metohija and to a certain extent Macedonia. A process whose effects are still visible today started. Serbian resistance to Ottoman domination, latent for many decades surfaced at the beginning of 19th century with the First and Second Serbian Uprising in 1804 and 1815. The Turkish Empire was already faced with a deep internal crisis without any hope of recuperating. This had a particularly hard effect on the Christian nations living under its rule. The Serbs launched not only a national revolution but a social one as well and gradually Serbia started to catch up with the European states with the introduction of the bourgeois society values. Resulting from the uprisings and subsequent wars against the Ottoman Empire, the independent Principality of Serbia was formed and granted international recognition in 1878.

when Slovenia and Macedonia left Croatia tried too but because of the WW2 history between Croatia and Serbia Milosevic didnt want his serbian people living in a country where the people in the 40s killed Serbs there were a lot of protests and when it was sure tha Croatia would leave Yugoslavia, Bosnia tried to leave too Both Serbia and Croatia wanted Bosnia and both attacked it from both sides in bosnia some fought for indepence, some for uniting with Croatia and the others for uniting with Serbia all three did the same atrocities but some more than others

Serbia didn't join WWI. It was the first country attacked. Attacked by Austria Hungary.

REASON: Austria Hungary was always trying to expand and downwards was the easiest and Serbia was "downwards". In order to gain Serbia's land, Austria Hungary gave an ultimatum to Serbia that was so absurd and ridiculous that Serbia wouldn't be able to fulfill it and TA-DA! WAR! Actually the beginning of WWI to be exact.

Actually it wasn't just "TA-DA" and there was war. Before war broke out Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria/Hungary went to Serbia to appear during a Serbian parade. This is when the terrorist organization "The Black Hand" attempted to kill Franz Ferdinand. Two of the nine assassins attempted to shoot Ferdinand, but both missed. Then a driver was told to escort Franz Ferdinand out of Serbia staying only on the main roads. The driver did so but accidentally turned into an alley thinking it was a main road. He immediately tried to reverse as soon as he realized it was an alley, but this immediate attempt to reverse caused the car to stall. Meanwhile a man named Gavrilo Princip was eating at a sandwich shop on the corner of the alley where Franz Ferdinand's car had stalled. Gavrilo Princip was part of "The Black Hand". He saw his opportunity and ran outside and fired two shots. The first hit Franz Ferdinand in the neck, and the second hit Ferdinand's wife in the stomach. They both died on the way to the hospital. This assassination is what started the war. Not "TA-DA"

Austria-Hungary was a European great power, with a great interest in Balkans. Serbia had gained independece from Ottoman Empire, and wanted to help Serbs and other Slavic people in areas occupied by Austro-Hungary. So there was a clear conflict of interests. Serbia had fought for independence from the Ottoman Empire since about 1804 and gradually enlarged its territory. In 1878, the European great powers made the contested and potentially very explosive area of Bosnia-Herzegovina an Austrian protectorate, in the hope of keeping the area out of harm's way.

Slovenia (A+)

After assasination of king Alexander, who was pro English, in 1934 (the assassins were belived to be Croatian pro-nazi nationalists), Yugoslav govenment was pro German and in first decided to join the Hitler's Pact. This government was lead by prince Paul, actig as regent for Alexander's underage son Peter.

However, a majority of people opposed that and in 1941 the military stated a coo, declaring Yugoslavia to be an ally of England. They declared Peter king.

Hitler could not allow Yugoslavia to be his enemy for two reasons. First, it would be a message of weakness to allow a small country oppose him, but more important was the geographical location of Yugoslavia, which lay on the south border of the Reich. If Hitler had an enemy in the south it would be very dangerous to him, since he planned to attack Russia. His troups would have to fight on three fronts at the same time.

On April 6th they attacked Yugoslavia without officialy declaring a war. Yugoslavia capitulated in 11 days, but some experts belive this war was very important, because Hitler had to postpone his plans to attack Russia for several months and his advance were stopped by the harsh winter before he could rach Moscow.

There is no place called Serbia & Montenegro. Between 1998 and 2006 there was a country called Serbia & Montenegro but since 2006, when Montenegro declared independence, they have been 2 separate countries - Serbia and Montenegro. Postal codes depend on which city you are posting to.

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Serbian nationalism had a strong impact on tensions in Europe prior to World War I in a variety of ways. The most dramatic was the negative influence that it had on stability in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; in particular, it led indirectly to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, which was the match-point that ignited the war.

Almost every NATO member(at the time), except Luxemburg and Iceland (don't have airforces) and Greece (political reasons). Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland also aren't on the list (they become members only 12 days before campaign), but at the end of the war, for example, Czech Republic send field hospital unit. So, NATO countries who bombed Serbia are: - USA (most present) - Belgium - Canada - Denmark - France - Germany - Italy - United Kingdom - Norway - Netherlands - Portugal - Spain - Turkey

Yugoslavia went communist.

No, Croatia is not communist. They are a democratic country.

the Official etimate of the population of Yugoslavia for 1939 is 15,703

Source - League of Nations Statisitical Yearbook 1941-1942

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The Yugoslavian government struggled to maintain control of an ethnically diverse population, leading to a series of wars.

The time zone in Croatia is Central European Summer Time from late March until late October and Central European Time the rest of the year.

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Laos is generally warmer. Climate of Laos is is tropical and characterized by monsoons. Temperatures range from highs around 104°F (40°C) along the Mekong in March and April to lows of 41°F (5°C) or less in the uplands of Xiangkhoang and Phôngsali in January.

Yugoslavia does not exist as a country anymore, but that area of the world has a continental climate in the north, with cold winters, and hot, humid summers, and a Mediterranean climate in the south, with hot, dry summers and autumns, and relatively cold winters. The continental area has July temperatures of about 71°F (22°C), and January temperatures of around 30°F (-1 °C). Other parts vary only slightly.

Laos, because it is much closer to the equator. And good lord, tell your school system to update their textbooks. Yugoslavia hasn't been a country in 20 years.

Slobodan Milosevic