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origins of different races, religions and groups in the region. The Bosnian and Herzegovinian population consists of three major ethnic groups: the Bosniaks, the Serbs, and the Croats. 1.1 Theories There is no definite historical evidence that provides the exact details of the origins of the Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. However there are theories that suggest plausible explanations of their origins which became the basis of carrying out the Bosnian genocide. There are very few racially homogeneous

NATO-imposed cease-fire in Sarajevo was declared.” (Kershaw.) This was just the beginning of foreign development solution for the Balkan region. The Clinton administration pushed diplomatic regulations that were designed to unify the Serbs and the Croats. However, the Serbs did not take to the policies very well and still continued to attack towns in the Croatian areas and kill them as well. The Serbs began to disregard all Safe Haven zones that were established thus force for the UN to call air strikes

In May 1990, the first multi-party elections were held in Croatia and were won by the Croat-nationalist party of Franjo Tudjman. The Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, was therefore the first regime given control of the newly independent Croatia. Under Tudjman’s administration, ethnic war caused Croatia to take a large step back and instead of focusing on further democratizing the country; Tudjman was forced to pivot his attention to the Homeland War efforts. The Serb population of Croatia began to

various aspects, including language, religion, cultural practices, history, ethnicity. In all the communities I was most interested in the community division between constituent republics in Former Yugoslavia, especially the division between Serbs and Croats. Serbian and Croatian communities share many elements. They both live in the Balkan Peninsula. They are both Slavs. Also, the language difference is very small. Croatian and Serbian are more like two dialects within the same language. With all these

Milošević attempted to use his Kosovoan Serbs to perform mass protests in Slovenia against Slovenia’s changes to its constitution. Around 30,000-40,000 protestors were planded to swarm the city of Ljubliana but were prevented from entering Slovenia by the Croats. This act also strengthened Croatia’s involvement in the issue. Milošević effectively used propaganda during the Yugoslav Wars to manipulate the Serbian people into supporting his actions. One such case was this image claiming to show a Serbian boy

Mass Manipulation and Genocide: The Myth of Propaganda in the Balkans and Rwanda War and conquest have been among the most enduring traits of humankind throughout the ages. While we would all like to believe that we are, by nature, a peaceful species, we still understand there are some things worth fighting for, and given the appropriate context, there are some things worth killing for. As reasoning beings, we hope that if violence is the only option it is for a clear and legitimate purpose.

Treaty of Sèvres defines the Principal Allied Powers as the British Empire, French Republic, Italy and Japan. The Allied Powers comprised, together with the Principal Allied Powers, Armenia, Belgium, Greece, Hejaz, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serb-Croat-Slovene state and Czechoslovakia. Characterized this war overwhelmed by war battlegrounds form which is most typical trench system became the main means of defense, citadel fort was no longer an important defensive role anymore. The area between opposing

entire families, including children, belongings, and opportunities. The Bosnian genocide is a tragic event that led to the death of 8,000 men and boys. Bosnia's current population is 3.8 million with a 48 percent of Bosnian muslims, 14 percent of Croats, and a 37 percent of Serbs. Those responsible for the genocide focused on what they deemed as “ethnic cleansing”. It is important to share this horrific event with the world, so it does not happen again, as it has occured in so many other nations

Genocide, the planned murder of an entire nation, race, or ethnic group. From March 1, 1992 to December 14, 1995 that exact thing was happening in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Disagreement between the three main ethic groups (The Serbs, Croats, and the Muslims) proceeded in a genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia. Bosnia is one of several small countries that appeared from the break up of Yugoslavia, a multicultural country created after WW1 by the western allies. In April 1992 the

One definition of ethnicity reads as followed “identity with or membership in a particular racial, national, or cultural group and observance of that group’s customs, beliefs, or language”. Ethnicity defines many of us but a few want our definition to be “cleansed” and this is when civil conflict arises. Ethnicity is frequently cited as an explanation for conflicts in the post cold war era. Yugoslavia, a prime example of a system that encountered ethnic conflict that led to a violent civil war, consisted