The Death of Yugoslavia S01E03 · Wars of Independence

Overview

June 25 1991 Croatia and Slovenia declares their independence. The European Community tries to intervene. Serbian militia groups take control of a series of towns and villages. Internal conflict in Croatia. The extreme nationalists wants conflict and contributes to the violence. Mladic goes to Croatia. Lord Carrington is the EC envoy. His proposal is independence for the republics. This threatens Milosevic power base and Serbia puts pressure on Montenegro to reject the proposal, and negotiations fail. The war starts.

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1. 1 1. Enter Nationalism1995-09-03 · 50mNationalist feelings are let loose in Yugoslavia. Especially in Kosovo Serb nationalist are pressing the central authority. Milosevic starts out in Tito's spirit trying to deal wit
2. 2 2. The Road to War1995-09-10 · 50mCroatia tries to strenghten its independence in the federation. Episodes of violence between Croats and Serbs leads to a state of emergency. The US ambassador puts some pressure o
3. 3 3. Wars of Independence1995-09-17 · 50mJune 25 1991 Croatia and Slovenia declares their independence. The European Community tries to intervene. Serbian militia groups take control of a series of towns and villages.
4. 4 4. The Gates of Hell1995-09-24 · 50mBosnian Serbs wants to stop all claims for an independent Bosnian state. Sarajevo is controlled by different militias. The Bosnian Serbs takes control of the hills around the city.
5. 5 5. A Safe Area1995-10-01 · 50mThe episode starts with Lord Owen coming to Sarajevo in december 1992 saying to the media: "Don't, don't, don't live under this dream that the west is going to come here and solve
6. 6 6. Pax Americana1995-10-08 · 50mIn 1995 Srebrenica is under siege for the third year in a row. The international community is talking about what to do. Holbrooke becomes the envoy from the USA. In august 1995 B