Yugoslav Wars

deadliest conflict since World War II, the Yugoslav Wars (also known as the Wars of Yugoslav Succession, the Yugoslav Civil War, or the War in the Balkans) were a series of wars fought in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Though the entire conflict can be divided up into four distinct wars, they are related due to their common origin and the presence of the same ethnoreligious groups in the multiple wars. These wars have become notorious due to the atrocious war crimes and crimes against humanity

How Grace White became a Partisan Grace White is a 20 year old woman who lives in poland and is hiding from the nazis and jews.Ever since she a little girl she wanted to be a partisan because of her father.He was a partisan himself and he would always tell her stories about the missions he would go on and how you would get to travel lots of places, but he also had told her the bad part of being a partisan and that it was very bloody and a dangerous place to be working but she didn't let that change

Yugoslavia was a very successful country under the lead of Josip Broz Tito. Yugoslavia was made of 6 Republics and those were: Croatia, Montenegro ,Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo together with Vojvodina which at that time were recognized as provinces. After the death of Tito Yugoslavia began to demolish. The collapse of Yugoslavia began in 1980, and it continued until the 27th of April 1992, which in history is known as the date when Yugoslavia totally

Milovan Djilas, a prominent leader of the Yugoslav Partisan movement during World War II and the Vice President of Yugoslavia under Josip Tito, was the epitome of an idealist. When the 1930s drew to an end and the idealism that emerged after World War I dwindled, the states adopted a more realist perspective; they began acknowledging the importance of power in politics and the international system. However, Milovan Djilas clung onto idealism. He rested his faith on the unrealistic expectation of

Yugoslavia in the 20th century underwent great political turmoil, unrest, war, and ethnic conflicts. Throughout the existence of this unstable nation, soccer was the most popular sport with the most devout supporters. The sport and its various teams held strong ties to the political structure of Yugoslavia, being run and controlled often by government institutions. It is for this reason that soccer in Yugoslavia can serve as a political barometer to understand the underlying concerns, ideologies

all right under the noses of the Germans, and mostly in broad daylight. Oil played a major role in WWII, The effort to master its sources or to manufacture it, or the attempt to deny it to an enemy-was a major factor in defining the approach of World War II. Movements were decided or swayed by the obtainability of oil or

For as long as I can remember sports has always been symbolic of war. The symbolism has been loose and vague because the sports battlefield is clearly not a war zone, besides in our mind. The terms can be seen in every arena, every venue, every sport. Blitz, field general, cannon for an arm, volley, blown up, a battle at the plate, even neutral zone comes from the battlefield. Athletes are referred to as warriors and they are engaging in battle, in pseudo warfare. It’s not new or different to hear

In November 1942, Allied Forces launched a strategic operation (Operation Torch) to establish presence in North Africa. The insertion of three task forces into the North African front invaded three beaches (two west of Algiers and one east of Algiers). Operation Torch was successful; however, General Dwight Eisenhower did not achieve the strategic objective of pushing forces into Tunisia. By failing to do so, German and Italian forces activated reserve forces and built combat power in Tunisia. In

In July 1943, Allied Forces launched the largest joint, combined operation of World War II to date. American, British and Canadian forces attacked the island of Sicily in an effort to gain a foothold on the European continent and protect the Mediterranean lines of communication. Although the Allies were successful in pushing the Axis powers out of Sicily, Operation Husky demonstrated that Allied forces were not adequately prepared for joint operations. In particular, and based on current doctrine

Christ Hedges, war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner, in a chapter titled “The Destruction of Culture” from the book War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, asserts that in war a state’s interest is in the extermination of discordant peacetime culture. Hedges asserts his claims that war transforms art, writing, and literature, that people, in disbelief of the consequences of war, favor a myth, and that the state manipulates education and media to reinforce their narrative. Meanwhile, he uses