were build up when the wars were going on. In the film No Man’s land‚ Ciki—a Bosnian soldier‚ and Nino—a Bosnian Serb‚ who were both wounded‚ confronted each other in a trench between their lines‚ struggling to survive. At Ciki’s instigation‚ they staggered out of the trench together‚ waving white flags and trying to get the attention of both the Bosnian Government lines and the Bosnian Serb lines so that two lines would not to shoot them anymore. After their cooperation‚ Ciki and Nino had a relatively
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Western historians‚ academics‚ and media sources overwhelmingly paint the Serbs‚ led by Slobodan Milosevic‚ as architects of suffering‚ committing atrocities in Kosovo that necessitated NATO intervention. Serbs are portrayed as xenophobic fascists who caused a “humanitarian crisis‚” while the role of the West‚ in intentionally severing Kosovo from Yugoslavia and Serbia‚ is rarely mentioned. This essay will demonstrate that the Serbs legitimately feared Serbian expulsion from Kosovo‚ as well as the separation
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involved in incidents that contributed to the outbreak of war. Nationalism also contributed to the outbreak of war. An example of a cause of war fuelled by nationalism could be the Black Hand Gang and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Serbia and the Serbs of Bosnia were infuriated
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Austria-Hungary- Felt increasingly threatened by Serbian nationalism. Concerned that population of Serbs within Austria-Hungary would revolt in order to join a greater Serbia which would lead to the breakdown of Austria-Hungary. Supported by Germany‚ Austria Hungary wanted to crush Serbia Serbia- Serbia wanted all Serbs to unite into an enlarged state of Greater Serbia. Serbia was supported by Russia (protector of the Serbs). Sir Richard J Evans - Regius professor of history‚ University
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman‚ serving in various roles until his death in 1980. Eventhough his presidency has been critisized as authoritarian‚ Tito had successful economic and diplomatic policies which helped him to be considered as a benevolent dictator by many people including citizens of his own country and those of others. He was a relatively popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad. Tito had internal policies which successfully deal with coexistence
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that they could work with‚ but the dawn of the KLA in response to the US’s failure to restore autonomy to the Albanians and the ensuing Serb brutality gave pressure to the Clintons to respond militarily. Even so‚ the US favored diplomacy‚ making a deal in 1999 that would have Milosevic pulling back Serb forces in exchange for avoiding NATO airstrike. When the Serbs went back on this deal through a massacre of 45 Albanian citizens‚
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now felt capable of governing themselves.<br><br>In 1885‚ the Bulgarian population of Eastern Rumelia revolted against Turkish rule and declared its union with Bulgaria . The Serbs became furious and proclaimed war because they felt threatened by this act. Surprisingly the Bulgarians proved to be a greater match for the Serbs and in the battle of Slivnitza‚ they were defeated. Britain agreed to the unification of Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria and the Balkan States again gained more power through their
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Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria‚ egged on by her German allies‚ quickly sent Serbia an ultimatum and declared war on the 28th July 1914. A few days later‚ on August 1st‚ Germany declared war on Russia - seen as the champion of the Slav cause by Serbs‚ Russians and Germans alike. Austria
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between Croatian‚ Serb‚ and Bosnian political parties. During World War II‚ the Kingdom of Yugoslavia resisted the Axis powers and were overrun. The attacking axis forces: Germany‚ Italy‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and related regimes‚ Croatia and Serbia partitioned off the land. Soon after the partitioning‚ a civil war sprang up between the Yugoslav Partisans and the royalist Chetnik Movement. Not only did this war take place‚ but there was also genocide committed against the local Serbs‚ Jews and Roma
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This was composed of Bosniak‚ Bosnian Muslim (44%)‚ Serb (31%)‚ Croat (17%)‚ and Yugoslav (8%). After the war‚ the Muslim population went down because of their attempt to "cleanse" them "country" of the bad. "who launched a military campaign to secure coveted territory and "cleanse" Bosnia of its Muslim civilian population. The Serbs targeted Bosniak and Croatian civilians in areas under their control‚ in what has become known as "ethnic cleansing"
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