Transcript Yugoslavia & The Balkans

Yugoslavia
& The Balkans
Scarier than Lions, Tigers
and Bears… OH MY!!!
Cultural
Makeup
3 Languages in
the Region
 Serbo-Croat,
Slovenian and
Macedonian
3 Religions in the
Region
 Serbian
Orthodox,
Catholic and
Islam
Geography of
the Balkans
Very Mountainous
Today the Yugoslav
area of the Balkan
region contains:
 Croatia, Slovenia,
BosniaHerzegovina,
Serbia, Albania,
Macedonia,
Montenegro
History of
the Region
Has been ruled over
at various times by
the Ottomans, the
Austro-Hungarians
and the Bulgarians.
Germany took it
over in 1941
 Resistance
organized by
Josip “Tito” Broz
The
Tito set up
Communist communist republic
Period
of Yugoslavia in
1945.
Policy of NonAllignment
 Never joined with
Moscow or the
United States
Death of Tito
Tito dies in 1980
and the
 Popular hero that
Aftermath
united and
suppressed various
nationalities in the
empire…
Federation begins to
show signs of wear
by the early 1990’s
The
Serbia is the chief state
of Yugoslavia and the Breakup
most powerful…
Slovenia secedes in 92
Croatia and then
Bosnia follow suit
Serbia angry at loss of
power in region and
Europe…. WAR!!!
Chaos!
Serbs (fight Croats and
Bosnian-Muslims)
 Want to keep Bosnia and
its Bosnian Serbs
 Ethnically cleansed
Bosnian Muslims
Croats (fight Serbs and
Bosnian-Muslims)
 Want to expand into Bosnia
and get Bosnian-Croats
Bosnians (fight everyone)
 Bosnian Muslims want their
own country
UN tries to pull
The UN joins
everyone apart
in the Mess
 Who do you back?
1995 – Dayton Accords
 Bosnia divided into
two autonomous
regions loosely tied
 Bosnian-Serb
Republic and MuslimCroat Federation
Croatia
Adriatic
Sea
Gets land back
grabbed by
Serbia
200,000 refugees
return home
Could the Dayton
Accords be a
Model for Iraq?
A New War- Serbia and Kosovo
Kosovo
 Region of Serbia
 Muslim
population
Supported by
Albania
1998- KLA lead
open Rebellion
against Serbia
International
Opinion
Pro-Serb
 Fear new war
 Fear more
“Balkanization”
Pro-Kosovar
 Want ability for
selfdetermination
 Reject
oppression
Slobodan Milosovic
encouraged to bring
order to the land
 Accused of war
crimes (like
Srebreniza) and
ethnic cleansing
NATO sent in to
restore peace and
stop Milosovic
The
Results
Today – Peace
at Last?
Milosovic was
apprehended and
died during his
trial at the Hague
for War Crimes
Tentative peace
has returned to
the country