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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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Bosnia- Herzegovina
Croatia
Republic of
Macadonia
Serbia
Montenegro
Slovenia
Communism in Yugoslavia
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Communist after WWII
Independent from Soviet Union
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Led by Josip Tito
Neutral= could still trade with Western Europe
Successful system- rebuilt countries after
WWII
Nationalities in Yugoslavia
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Slovenes= Slovenia
Croats= Croatia
Serbs= Serbia
Montenegrins=
Montenegro
Macedonians=
Macedonia
Serbs, Muslims, and
Croats= BosniaHerzegovina
 Tito
promoted
“Yugoslavism”
 Loyality
to
Yugoslavia
 Deny differences
and nationalities
End of Communism
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1980- Death of Tito
Slobodan Milosevic becomes new leader
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Serbian
Nationalism
Different groups within Yugoslavia grow unhappy with
new leader
Milosevic is unable to keep Yugoslavia together
Yugoslavia dissolves into independent nations
Fighting over land leads to bloody wars
Balkan Wars
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Ethnic Cleansing
and “Ethnically
Nations”
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Bosnia- Muslims
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Kosovo- Albanians
The Balkans Today
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Independent
Nations
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United Nations
presence
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Not part of the
European Union