Totally different. Yugoslavia was a deeply divided country held together by a strongman. When he died, if course it was gonna fall apart. No surprises there.
Vukovar was the parallel I was thinking of. And Osijek, and other towns.
Surrounded by invading Serbian forces (which taken over the assets of the 5th largest army in Europe), shelled mercilessly - the worst destruction since WW2. Then the defeat, and massacres - and mass rapes.
And an arms embargo on Croatia! Which effectively prevented any sort of defense.
Surrounded by invading Serbian forces (which taken over the assets of the 5th largest army in Europe), shelled mercilessly - the worst destruction since WW2. Then the defeat, and massacres - and mass rapes.
And an arms embargo on Croatia! Which effectively prevented any sort of defense.
Europe has conveniently forgotten...