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1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

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1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailov ...

On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović. Four months before Mihailović's execution, the Partisans captured him near Višegrad, Bosni ...

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1966: Relations Between Yugoslavia and the Holy See

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1966: Relations Between Yugoslavia and the Holy See

Since the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1945, relations between the Co ...

Since the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1945, relations between the Communists and the Catholic Church were tense. The Archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac (Croati ...

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1941: The Third Reich Invades Yugoslavia

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1941: The Third Reich Invades Yugoslavia

Military units of Hitler's Third Reich and its allies invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on this day, afte ...

Military units of Hitler's Third Reich and its allies invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on this day, after Yugoslavia had refused to join their Tripartite Pact. The Luftwaffe bombed Belgrade during th ...

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2000: Mass Demonstrations in Belgrade Lead to Slobodan Milošević’s Resignation

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2000: Mass Demonstrations in Belgrade Lead to Slobodan Milošević’s Resignation

After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the f ...

After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the first round of elections (i.e. 1% less than was required), and that a second round would therefo ...

October 05, 2019
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