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How Did The World War II Aftermath For Yugoslavia

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2.1. The World War II aftermath for Yugoslavia From the start of the WWII there is a great amount of transformation in almost every aspect of the former society of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia- in 1941- until the emergence of the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) -in 1944 Treaty of Vis. The emergence of the new state entity of SFRY is defined by the turning points of the civil war during WWII. The clear political aspirations (even if not fully ideoligized yet) from the Yugoslavia’s Partisans to form a united Yugoslavia and their vision of the Unity of South Slavs as an Imagined Community (Anderson,2006).When combined with their ambition to …show more content…

The Antifascist Struggle, The Civil War and the ethnic tension Trying to describe the multiple fractions and tension inside this short period of time is a difficult task but we will try nonetheless. After the 1941 invasion, the annexed territories of Serbia were under German control, a Croatian proxy state is established and recognized by Axis powers and includes Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other parts of the country are occupied by Bulgaria, Hungary, and Italy. The exiled official government, recognized the semi-organized remnants of the Royal Yugoslavian Army (mostly Serbians) under the command of Draza Mikhailovich as the official partisan movement. Their genuine (Serbian) nationalistic sentiment and their repulse of the communist partisan movement led them to the open collaboration with the German, in fear of reprisals in the Serbian population. This fact also helps to the eventual expulsion of the Chetniks from the national Yugoslavian “myths” and “heroes”. In terms of nationalistic aspiration the “Greater Serbia” combined with their Orthodox identity diversifies them inside the partisan movement and motivates them to the attacks in Bosniaks and Bosniak …show more content…

The Croatian “Ustasa” regiments fueled by the Independent State of Croatia (NDH)-which includes Bosnia-Herzegovina- as a fulfillment of the “Great Croatia” dream ,are out to perform atrocities to the Serbian population in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Croatia leading to hundreds of thousands dead. The ethnic cleansing plan was to deport the 1/3 of the population, “nationalize” other 1/3 and simply exterminate the rest

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