the break-up of yugoslavia
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The break-up of Yugoslavia. June 25, 1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare independence. The Yugoslav army pulls out of Slovenia, but a bloody war breaks out in Croatia in August, 1991. The Serb-Croatia War 1991-1995. The war is between Croatian police forces and the rebelling Serb minority. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
June 25, 1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare independence.
The Yugoslav army pulls out of Slovenia, but a bloody war breaks out in Croatia in August, 1991.
The war is between Croatian police forces and the rebelling Serb minority.
When Croatia declares independence, the Serbian army invades to hold key Serbian parts of Croatia
Full scale civil war breaks out in August, 1991 1992 – A ceasefire occurs and UN peacekeepers
move in. January 15, 1992 – Croatia is recognized by the
European community. In the next three years the war would start up
and die down. As well, Croatia would win back all the Serbian taken territory.
By the end of the war 200 000 Serbs would leave Croatia.
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=croatian+War&x=0&y=0&scope=all&tab=all&recipe=all
September, 1991 – Macedonia declares independence. This happens peacefully.
March 5, 1992 – Bosnia Herzegovina declares independence. In Bosnia there are Muslims (Bosniaks), Serbians, and Croats.
After the declaration of independence, Serbia invades to protect Bosnian Serb areas. Croatia invades as well.
Late 1992 – 70% of Bosnia is controlled by Serb forces. The UN extend their mandate into Bosnia to help with humanitarian relief.
1993 – this year was dominated with fighting between Croats and Bosniaks
The following are examples of Croatian massacres of Bosniaks:
Busovača massacre – 43 people Ahmići massacre – 120 people Vitez massacre – 172 peoples
1994 – The war between Croatia and Bosnia ends The Serbs also committed atrocities. Srebrenica massacre – 8000 men were killed As well, NATO opens air strikes against Bosnian Serb targets
The war finally ends with the Dayton Peace agreements being signed November 21, 1995
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=Dayton+Peace+accords&x=0&y=0&scope=all&tab=all&recipe=all
Kosavars are ethnically Albanian The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) is
seeking independence from Serbia. 1998 – there is Western backed ceasefire.
The KLA broke it and this provoked a harsh Serbian counter-attack
The Serbian forces began an ethnic cleansing campaign.
January, 1999 - Racak Massacre – 45 Kosovars were killed; this triggered NATO involvement.
March 18, 1999 – American, British, and Kosovo delegates sign an accord that promises more autonomy for Kosovo, NATO troops entering, but no independence. Serbian delegates do not sign.
March to June 1999 – NATO bombs Serb targets to get Serb troops out of Kosovo.
June 12 – Milosevic accepts NATO terms and begins a withdrawal; KFOR moves in
Atrocities on all sides: International Criminal tribunal exhumed
2788 bodies in Kosovo where 850 civilians are thought to be the victims of war crimes by Serb forces.
KLA – 988 (335 were civilians) people killed and 200 000 Serbs fled Kosovo
NATO acknowledges killing 1500 civilians during the bombing campaign
February 17, 2008 – Kosovo declares independence
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/02/17/kosovo.html