Yugoslav wars

The Yugoslav wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that took place between 1991-2001. They comprised two sets of successive wars affecting all of the six former Yugoslav republics. Alternative terms in use include the "War in the Balkans", or "War in (former) Yugoslavia", "Wars of Yugoslav Succession" or rarely the "Third Balkan War" (a term coined by British journalist Misha Glenny, alluding to the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913).

Conflicts in the west

• War in Slovenia (1991) — a short 10-day war.
• War in Croatia (1991–1995)
• War in Bosnia (1992–1995)

The wars in Slovenia and Croatia were initially fought in the name of forcibly keeping Yugoslavia united. They soon became overtly nationalist in character, with a clash between the Serbian and Croatian nationalist ideologies personified by President Slobodan Milo?evi? in Serbia and President Franjo Tu?man in Croatia. The Serb-Croat conflict was greatly complicated in Bosnia by the presence of the large Muslim (Bosniak) population, which caused it to develop into a three-way conflict that was by far the bloodiest of the Yugoslav wars.

Related Topics:
Slovenia - Croatia - Serbian - Croatian - Slobodan Milo?evi? - Serbia - Franjo Tu?man - Bosnia - Muslim - Bosniak

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The Yugoslav wars in the west were ended by the military withdrawal in Slovenia and the defeat of Serbian rebels in Croatia, and the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1996 for Bosnia following military intervention against the Serbian side by NATO.

Related Topics:
Dayton Agreement - 1996 - NATO

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