The Breakup of Yugoslavia Explained

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  • @HistoryScope
    @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +995

    This was Avery from History Scope, thank you for watching!
    (I forgot to say that this time)

    • @duckly5362
      @duckly5362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Why did you use the communist flag of Yugoslavia in the beginning

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@duckly5362 Because that's the country I'm talking about in this video.

    • @duckly5362
      @duckly5362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      History Scope well before it went communist didn’t it have the regular blue white and red without the star in center

    • @joeking9430
      @joeking9430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Completely bias and borderline racist!
      You clearly lay all blame to the Serbs and portray the other Republics as freedom loving victims!
      Utter BS!!

    • @Nielsly
      @Nielsly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cross Blood the video is about the breakup of Yugoslavia, which from the Second World War had that flag, including during the breakup

  • @ffarkasm
    @ffarkasm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4990

    The breakup of Czechoslovakia:
    Slovaks: "Hey bros, we think it would be just better to part our ways now."
    Czechs: "Ye, sure buddy. Good luck!"
    End.

    • @Mitche23
      @Mitche23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      Did Czechoslovakia receive foreign aid like Yugoslavia did?
      Did Czechoslovakia have a century of ethnic tension between Slovak and Czechs like Serb and Croats did?
      Even if the country was called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was ruled by a Serbian King, so Croats didn't want to replace Austro-Hungarian rule with another one, they wanted independence. There were so many little things when combined on a big pile it spelled disaster for the future

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +444

      I always like seeing your comments. Also nice profile picture.

    • @ffarkasm
      @ffarkasm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      @@HistoryScope Now go away or I'll taunt you a second time.

    • @nou1438
      @nou1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      thats how yugoslavs thought it would be. We were surprised and caught with our pants down when serbs got aggressive

    • @LegionnaireScout
      @LegionnaireScout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      And then the czechs took most of the industry and alegedly the majority of the gold reserve, kept the czechoslovak flag, didnt change many Company names like the bus transits shortcut is CSAD when they should have droped the S, but you know, whe, as good brothers overlook these things, we still like em

  • @dariozanze4929
    @dariozanze4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3095

    I'm glad that someone recognizes that Yugoslavia had the strongest resistance movement in WW2 and managed to liberate itself.

    • @superwetandcompletelydry
      @superwetandcompletelydry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I agree.

    • @Jancias
      @Jancias 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      The polish resistance was by far much more organized, though

    • @perapapic3683
      @perapapic3683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@Jancias which makes it even more Impressive since they were fighting them selfs and the enemy and still won

    • @baki4341
      @baki4341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Jancias how so i am genuenly interested cause the yugos had entire corps divisions brigades and such?

    • @crowbar_the_rogue
      @crowbar_the_rogue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The fact that Germans were getting clobbered by Russia probably helped a lot.

  • @BojanBojovic
    @BojanBojovic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Great video. It is very difficult to be objective when you live in time and space in which all this happened and it still is, but it seems that you touched all the important bits.
    One of the saddest things is that Tito always talked about preserving the brotherhood and unity of all ethnic groups and being prepared for the enemy that never sleeps as they fought nazis just few decades earlier, but then Yugoslavia broke apart inside out because of the incompetence, nationalism and mythomania.

  • @keymcdot8367
    @keymcdot8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My grandma came from Yugoslavia and told me a ton of stories of her journey before passing. Thanks for the vid.

  • @amongstus4418
    @amongstus4418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +879

    When you hear the words "The country turned to the IMF" you KNOW shit is going to go down.

    • @mellofello2537
      @mellofello2537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      The IMF: If you shake the jar continuously and dump the ants on the ground, they will fight until they kill each other. The black ants think the red ants are the enemy and the red ants think the black ants are the enemy when in reality the actual enemy is the guy who continously shock the jar

    • @elemperadordemexico
      @elemperadordemexico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      """Who""" else could it possibly be?

    • @marnixmaximus3053
      @marnixmaximus3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many socialist republics in Eastern Europe went to loan from the IMF (voluntarily) in the 1970s, thinking those loans they could invest would pay for themselves. Spoiler: having a top-down socialist planned economy, doesn't make for good investments. Especially when you made the loan yourself. It was their own fault.

    • @marnixmaximus3053
      @marnixmaximus3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@mellofello2537 Too easy to blame IMF for Yugoslavia's own troubles. besides that, Yugoslavia made their own decicion to loan from IMF. Easy to blame external forces when it's your own fault.

    • @lubu2960
      @lubu2960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@marnixmaximus3053 people always talk of the IMF like the world should give them money without any demands and when they stop giving them money because the country didn't comply with those demans, the IMF is "the bad guy" for the mismanagement of the countries that voluntarily took those loans and promised to comply with the demands of the loan

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

    Finally, a TH-camr that included San Marino on their map. You've made San Marino's day

    • @jcrnda
      @jcrnda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      If you use a magnifying glass you will see that the City of Vatican is also there!

    • @hmoobmeeka
      @hmoobmeeka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Its avery the Cuban American

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      You know you've made it on TH-cam when Avery comments on your videos

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yeah me too. But hey, I'll take Avery's comments as a sign of success :D

    • @bobob8820
      @bobob8820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I find you in many videos comment sections avery the cuban american greetings from bosnia steay strong socialist brother

  • @cjgem80
    @cjgem80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    There was a girl in my school from Yugoslavia. She was very quiet and focused on her school work. She always got the best grades. ❤

    • @mazzazu4819
      @mazzazu4819 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She must have have been the smartest girl everyone ever met

  • @beslim15
    @beslim15 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This topic is dear to my heart. One of my closest friends is from Kosova. I have heard horror stories first hand about the break up of Yugoslavia.

  • @1293ST
    @1293ST 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1145

    >not German, Hungarian or Ottoman
    >but instead Slavic
    >plays Brahms Hungarian Dance
    yes

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      The music starts when I talk about Austria Hungary.
      I couldn't find fitting royal free Yugoslav music

    • @RoScFan
      @RoScFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@backtothefront9696 He meant royalty free. As in "wont get copyright strike".

    • @milancealeksimovic4650
      @milancealeksimovic4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@backtothefront9696 Look for Muzika Kraljeve Garde on youtube.

    • @disquette8958
      @disquette8958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@backtothefront9696 There is a youtube channel
      named *SerbianComposers*
      There are a lot of works from the mid 19th century composers onwards, including from the time of K. of Serbia and K. of Yugoslavia

    • @khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475
      @khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@HistoryScope Actually there is a good one called "March on the Drina" (I think) "Marsu na drinu" which is a royal Serbian march from Ww1.

  • @khairulhelmihashim2510
    @khairulhelmihashim2510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    When the economy was good, and leadership was strong, people tend to set aside their differences in order to enjoy the benefit of stability and wealth.

    • @TheJerico246
      @TheJerico246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      According to my Mom things was Great until 1980 ans that when imf reforms was taking place

    • @baki4341
      @baki4341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@TheJerico246 Basicly everything went to shit after Tito died

    • @TheJerico246
      @TheJerico246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@baki4341 yep

    • @S_--
      @S_-- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@baki4341 The main reason why it was like that was because tito was ACTUALLY honest, unlike most communist leaders, and respected all ethnicities within yougoslavia.
      A main point that I like referring to is the fact that Macedonians are different from Bulgarians, like how Montenegrans are different from Serbians, they have a different narrative and different viewpoints of how things should be and it would be silly to assume Montenegro would still get along with Serbia if they United as would Macedonia if it ever united with Bulgaria, Tito was the only person that had the balls to say "Yes, these people ARE different and I truly believe in them" for that he is a hero to many.

    • @chingatumadre8341
      @chingatumadre8341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@S_-- Montenegrin is a geographical term for Serbs in montenegro originally. Due to Montenegro’s status and independence due to the kingdom, principality before separate to Serbia it’s also a nationality today technically. However they aren’t different. Montenegrins are Serbs and always have been… I’m saying this as a Montenegrin. All our ancestors identified themselves as Serbs as well, kings, queens, nobles, warriors, priests, everyone.
      Most of Montenegro would be alrigjt with it since it’s a unified Serb state and they are same people. As long as they have some form of autonomy which is purely because of economy and avoiding centralization. However at the moment people would not be interested in that kind of change due to the already ongoing changes, and switching from independence to union federation so quick would be really messy as you’d have to make even more changes and dismantling.

  • @TheBrick2
    @TheBrick2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was brilliant thanks. I have tried several times to get a rough overview of the situation but struggled. I'm sure there are are many who will say much missed as you can only cover so much in a 40 min or so video and it felt like a good job of providing an overview without getting bogged down into he said she said details. I really felt like I got a rough idea of what was happened. Thanks again.

  • @ciaranwatters3061
    @ciaranwatters3061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Love your videos, I am from Ireland, when I was at school we only learned what the landmass was of European countries, a few mountain ranges and what their biggest export was. Your videos need to be taught at schools, they are very informative, I lived through many of these events but really did not understand what was happening. Thank you

  • @noob282butreal
    @noob282butreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    “They gave their flag a 1 star review”
    best sentence describing their flag

    • @arianmartic7965
      @arianmartic7965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      1 Yugoslav Star Review is like 5 American xD

    • @vanjat2850
      @vanjat2850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good point, absolutely worst flag ever

    • @arianmartic7965
      @arianmartic7965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@vanjat2850 One of the best looking ones, dont mix your stupid politics into it.

    • @vanjat2850
      @vanjat2850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arianmartic7965 it's not lmao, holy shit even if I like the country flag is retarded

    • @vanjat2850
      @vanjat2850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Angel Comrade što? Pogledaj zastavu, boje zvezda, bože sačuvaj Belgija ima lepšu zastavu

  • @only1isall373
    @only1isall373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +628

    I love how most of the comments are "get ready for war in the comment section" and there is none.
    Greetings from Serbia, love ya all.

    • @omaral-ajmi1192
      @omaral-ajmi1192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Love you too from kuwait

    • @nou1438
      @nou1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I hop in expecting it every time but I only have to argue once every three videos.
      Welcome from Bosnia!

    • @MegaTali15
      @MegaTali15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Поздрав и љубав из Мексика!! Учим српски :)
      Волим историју Србије и Југославије
      🇲🇽❤️🇷🇸

    • @zaclegoattack
      @zaclegoattack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Here in Central Iowa, I have 2 Serbian, 3 Croat, 1 Bosnian (Muslim, don’t know ethnic), and 1 Kosovan friends.
      Trust me, the convos are 🍿

    • @BillyJack85
      @BillyJack85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Arizona ❤❤❤(Jesus saves)👍

  • @DilbertCronicles
    @DilbertCronicles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    One of the few channels that covered the break-up decently. Some channels omitted the pre-WWI history of the Balkans region. It is important to include this aspect of the formation of Yugoslavia to understand the deep underlying current of nationalism, ethnicity, religion, etc. There are aspects that your video hadn't dealt with was that certain parties in Yugoslavia had aligned themself with Nazi Germany and conflict exist between those factions and those that fought the Germans. There were even competing partisans factions. It has a complicated history of conflict within its various ethnicity. When I was in junior high school in mid-80s, one of my hobby then was to collect stamps. Yugoslavia is one of the few countries that I never did get any stamps of.

  • @EmuInDenial
    @EmuInDenial 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent job. 👏👏
    This is a very complicated war and I had never managed to find out detailed information that i could easily comprehend.
    This video is what I needed because of the details about the country from its creation until the breakup, the details about the way it functioned and on why it stop functioning later on, the speed on the narrator's tone, the music, the comical pictures where needed and much more.
    Keep up the good work.

  • @foundationsmedicalinformat2420
    @foundationsmedicalinformat2420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1707

    This was a massive hole in my knowledge-set that I didn’t even know existed. Thank you History Scope.

    • @meeks5029
      @meeks5029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      For me personally it's the Middle East, I wish more schools touched on that region and western Asia.

    • @btd5311
      @btd5311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Don't worry, this is oversimplified like most history.

    • @noahbowie5985
      @noahbowie5985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Hi you must be American.
      Europeans largely know about this due to the brutal wars of the 1990's on our doorstep.

    • @meeks5029
      @meeks5029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@noahbowie5985 Mhm, unfortunately our scope of modern history is only really kept to World War 2 and doesn't expand until say.. 10th or 11th grade.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Born and lived in the YU long enough to approve video it is quite accurate although
      He did some fundamental mistakes like rising the payment 12:35 not accurate at all as the bankruptcy of the firm's he mismatched yugoslavia and post yugoslavia time in fact the salary was fixed on the rate 1:4 as max difference in every company between max payment and the lowest payment ( worker-manager)
      Diffewrence was too low and management could not pay a good worker enough versus bad worker not to forgot it wasnt easy to fire a bad worker because of socialist mentality you were forced to deal with some really lazy worker remember my dad (manager in one company) complained about that.
      The rising of prices was because of inflation ( up to 100% per year) which was driven from other reasons and was actually beneficial to the ordinary worker because thanks to the bank loans for ordinary workers they could build their own houses, buy a car.... but because of inflation they payed back to the bank only a fraction of the real price namely the loans had only fix interests aprox 10% per year.
      14:30 USSR never send any money to Yugoslavia in fact USSR owed Yugoslavia +1 bilon $ in 1990 for goods imported from yugoslavia
      Fast forward Yugoslavia didn't fell apart because of socialism or even multitnical tensions (they were present of course but not as main reason) but because of greed and ill ambitions by some individuals which wanted to be another Josip Broz Tito.

  • @Dubravko49
    @Dubravko49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1203

    The beginning of the video reminded me of a joke of sorts that we used to tell in Yugoslavia. We used to joke that "Jugoslavia je okružena BRIGAMA" ("Yugoslavia is surrounded by troubles"). The acronym "BRIGAMA" (by troubles) is formed from the first letters of the names of countries that did then surround Yugoslavia -- Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Greece, Austria, Mađarska (Hungary), and Albania.

    • @nh7297
      @nh7297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I remember that! 👍👍👍

    • @vilmomoccolosso9824
      @vilmomoccolosso9824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Yet she (Yugoslavia) become biggest trouble of them all

    • @colinafobe2152
      @colinafobe2152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jo yes of course that is truth and reality of sick minded person as you are.

    • @andresduques2013
      @andresduques2013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Troubles? I'm genuinely curious, how could Romania be a trouble for Yougoslavia?

    • @colinafobe2152
      @colinafobe2152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@andresduques2013 R (romania) is one of letter in word BRIGAMA (worries or toubles) B bulgaria, R romania, I italy, G greece, A austria, M magyars, A albania... yugoslavia was non alied country surrounded by either NATO or Eastern block which Socialist Rep Romania with Ceausescu was member. hungary, romania and bulgaria were behing the Iron curtain when SFRYugoslavia existed... but it is just silly word play

  • @bojanstare8667
    @bojanstare8667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very good explanation of breakup. I have just missed other influenced things - oil crise in 70-ies, debt crisis in 80-ies (not just in Yugoslaviy, but also in south America). And one interesting data - Slovenia today has more debt as whole Yugoslavia in 80-ies. IMF wasn`t and isn`t agency for help, but it is political agency to gain USA`s claimes around the world.
    In that way will be more adequate and interesting video.

  • @njkauto2394
    @njkauto2394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for a clear explanation of what happened back then.
    I couldn't understand it then and struggled to get any clear information afterwards. Complexities, indeed but not impossible to understand as you've just proved.

  • @christinafidance340
    @christinafidance340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    Sadly, as an American, I wasn’t even aware that Yugoslavia had broken up until about 25 years later!!! I’m telling you, schools and the media in the US all too often fail to acknowledge that there is a whole world out there beyond our borders. Now, here I sit at 40 years old, watching TH-cam so I can learn all the things that I should have been taught in school and/or seen on the news.

    • @Tralala691
      @Tralala691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What a twit. Stop lying to get attention.

    • @kerimarthaanderson2859
      @kerimarthaanderson2859 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah kkkkkk hooo

    • @cammiixx
      @cammiixx ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Dw I didn’t even know what Yugoslavia was - Australian schools didn’t teach us anything about it either.

    • @GiovannaIwishyou
      @GiovannaIwishyou ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That's a pity. We were closest to the perfect political system (at the time, of course). Being so well respected, one of the founder country of the Non-Aligned Movement (consisting mainly of ex colonies which parts of ex YU could also be considered) in a bipolar world, balancing perfectly between two forces. I don't think that kind of country will ever exist in Europe again. When Tito died, so many countries sent their presidents, PMs and other representatives making it one of the biggest funerals in history. Now divided, no country by itself will ever be even close to that status. Nobody cares anymore, I feel like we are colonized again (but by different methods).

    • @nilselimi4948
      @nilselimi4948 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@cammiixx This video misses some large points, the Kosovo war, the Crotian War, The Bosnian War and Srebrenica massacre (europes worst massacre after WW2), the NATO 1999 bombing campain, the albanian ethnic clensing attempt, its almost out of context

  • @AzsimuthOldAccount
    @AzsimuthOldAccount 3 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    Plays a song called Hungarian Dance while talking about slavs. Call it unfortunate timing.

    • @alexv3357
      @alexv3357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Written by a German who lived in Austria no less

    • @bruhstasa6784
      @bruhstasa6784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well we were in a personal union with hungary (Croatia)

    • @rellshisui811
      @rellshisui811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bruhstasa6784 lol you were occupied so Serbs liberated you

    • @Pajdas610
      @Pajdas610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@rellshisui811 Not true.

    • @rellshisui811
      @rellshisui811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pajdas610 it's clearly is

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your longform content is perfect as I sit here and crochet a scarf, lol! It's the first thing I've ever made and looks to be coming along well! Thanks for keeping me entertained and informed as I work.

  • @lisapayne5587
    @lisapayne5587 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video! Very simple explanation of a very complex situation/event. The visuals were very helpful too ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @chiare5236
    @chiare5236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    Loved how it covered the economy stuff more indepth. While others might shine a light on the ethnic tensions, you really took a unique approach!

    • @RapTilian2911
      @RapTilian2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Try to watch "Weight of Chains" 1,2,3, gives a different perspective on IMF and foreign interests, and you can see in a couple of sections what people of different ethnicity thought about their neighbor that had different nationality, religion.

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RapTilian2911 the imf is evil incarnate

    • @RapTilian2911
      @RapTilian2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GuinessOriginal They certainly don't care what happens to people or countries as long as the money keeps churning and spinning..

  • @joemiller947
    @joemiller947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The comments are more civil than I expected

    • @peropero2307
      @peropero2307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      thats cuz serbs don't understand english

    • @adamender9092
      @adamender9092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@peropero2307 lol

    • @juicersLULE
      @juicersLULE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@peropero2307 It would be funny if it was even slightly true, but it's not. Serbia is in top 15 in the world alongside Croatia when it comes to English language understanding. Just search EF English Proficiency Index and you'll see.

    • @shamerzaihan8638
      @shamerzaihan8638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@juicersLULE press X to doubt

    • @felmaiden1094
      @felmaiden1094 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@peropero2307 oh we don't? What a suprise that I saw a Croat spitting his bile again. You cannot live a day without thinking about Serbs.

  • @sharonwheat3659
    @sharonwheat3659 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very informative. Thanks for all your work.

  • @TeamCat1128
    @TeamCat1128 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well done! I love thorough documentaries. 😁

  • @Kev701
    @Kev701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    24:28 While the Bosnians and Croats did fight together most of the time , It should be noted that the Croat - bosniak war occurred, a conflict which took place between 1992 to 1994, mainly in the Herzegovina region.

    • @dinmavric5504
      @dinmavric5504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Another pointless war because of religion.

    • @soos3811
      @soos3811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Not really Croat-Bosniak War, rather Hercegs-Bosniak War.

    • @ratniveteran7556
      @ratniveteran7556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@soos3811 herzegovians fought for croatia therefore they are croatian

    • @jtothed8575
      @jtothed8575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Central Bosnia these two sides fought pretty hard as well.. Travnik comes to mind.. All of Lašva Valley in fact.. Etc..

    • @Amelos1494
      @Amelos1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it was 1 Year ... 1993-1994

  • @dumitrufrunza8136
    @dumitrufrunza8136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    “They gave Their flag a 1 star review...” haha, lol, that was brilliant!!

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In hindsight, it was some freaky foreshadowing.

    • @albibushi3006
      @albibushi3006 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂 i wanted to comment the very same.

  • @steelymcafeeliac1050
    @steelymcafeeliac1050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating!! Explained so well from all sides 👏

  • @Buzzbeeerusa
    @Buzzbeeerusa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love all your docs.

  • @jcorkill0159
    @jcorkill0159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    I’m not sure if someone already said this but the Kingdom of Yugoslavia did not have the star on its flag until the communist took power after the war

    • @maxwellli7057
      @maxwellli7057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yea he himself said that too. Probably edited that vid at 4 am

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I specifically state that in the video. So yeah, somebody already said that :D

    • @benoorehek8475
      @benoorehek8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@YugoslavGamer chill bro

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ja it had an upside down dutch flag

    • @ryantretsky8304
      @ryantretsky8304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@YugoslavGamer chill out lol

  • @txm100
    @txm100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Always blows my mind when I get reminded that Yugoslavia was neither part of the west nor the east.

    • @melchid8448
      @melchid8448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I mean half of the world was Non-Aligned. China was also non aligned after sino-soviet split along with India and Indonesia

    • @txm100
      @txm100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@melchid8448 Yeah I'm probably kinda biased that 'the world was split in two sides' with growing up in central Europe.

    • @melchid8448
      @melchid8448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@txm100 Oo which side?

    • @nh7297
      @nh7297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@melchid8448 I believe that people in other parts of the world didn't feel how intense that splitting was as we in Europe. Yugoslavia managed to survive right in the middle between the two biggest military alliances in the world.

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah Tito was one of the few people who was willing to stand up against Joseph Stalin.

  • @cegonzales9809
    @cegonzales9809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent! I finally understand the many complexities involved in the breakup of Yugoslavia and the wars related to it.

  • @Hamji
    @Hamji 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched a lot of videos on this topic, talked to a few first hand accounts, read a lot on the topic as well. This is one of the best informed videos I’ve seen.

  • @ezioauditore1522
    @ezioauditore1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    I got to know people from former Yugoslavia. I also have Bosnian Serb relatives, I worked in a company in Milan whose owner was Croatian. All very good people of a unique correctness. As an Italian I can only say that this tragedy struck me a lot and I never thought it would happen.

    • @milan51259
      @milan51259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Milan. What Milan? I'm Milan!

    • @thecossackcrusaderofholybr8448
      @thecossackcrusaderofholybr8448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@milan51259 Milan is also a City in Northern Italy

    • @serbianwarrior5930
      @serbianwarrior5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Caliphate Bosnia is for serbs croats and Bosniaks. What are you on about?

    • @powderskier5547
      @powderskier5547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tragedy? It was a blessing for us Croats, we dont want anything to do with the balkans, we are moving our beautiful country forward

    • @markostevanovic8985
      @markostevanovic8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@powderskier5547 zajedno sa svim delovima koje Srbi naseljavaju vekovima

  • @jessiequenova398
    @jessiequenova398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    As a man living in ex-yu country, many problems revealed after Tito’s death which only Tito could manage properly. Power vacuum after his death basically crumbled Yugoslavia beyond imagination.

    • @rinyc9100
      @rinyc9100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @RadTheLad LMAO

    • @nh7297
      @nh7297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @JRodgesevant You are right, he is fascist. I read his other comments above and it is clear as a day that behind those comments hide some postwar looser who compensates for his low self-esteem with narrow-minded thinking. Kind of like Qanons members do in the US.

    • @nh7297
      @nh7297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RadTheLad What Smallpox Outbreak ?!? What you are referring to?

    • @nh7297
      @nh7297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RadTheLad Oo that one! Thanks!

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Except forceful redistribution is practised in almost every western country, with the wealthiest of them (such as the nordic countries) doing to most redistribution.

  • @sianrevs
    @sianrevs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is an incredible video. I was a child when my relatives brought me back a souvenir from their holiday in Yugoslavia (probably now Croatia) in the early 90’s. Then in my teens, I watched the “war in the Balkans” (as the UK news called it) on the TV. You’ve really helped me made sense of what I saw and heard back then. Thank you. ❤

  • @JM-gj7de
    @JM-gj7de 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel. Keep up the good work!

  • @Bobby-dm3oj
    @Bobby-dm3oj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    Yougoslavia: 5 languages, 4 religions and 7 minorities
    India: that's cute
    P.S. very well made video!

    • @zeldamage001
      @zeldamage001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So, why the hell was India even unified in the first place? And how in God's name did they manage to stay that way?

    • @ivanbalvan1619
      @ivanbalvan1619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It kind of didn‘t. Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India once before they broke up.
      The reason why such a diverse region even got formed into one country is the same reason for African destability. Colonialism.
      If you are asking about why modern day India keeps it together. No clue. Clima i guess?

    • @milosjovicevic6083
      @milosjovicevic6083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your comment is brilliant😎

    • @NoMustang273
      @NoMustang273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ivanbalvan1619 Essentially the Independence movement and the idea of a unified Indian identity and general geography since...we all live on the same subcontinent roughly?

    • @NoMustang273
      @NoMustang273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@zeldamage001 The independence movement emphasised the idea of 'India' as a whole. Even before there was always an idea of a the land of India as a whole. This idea was already created on the foundation set by the British Raj treating the entire place as a single country for a 100 years.
      Why does it stay together now? Because all the stafes recognize that they're better off in the Union and most citizens see themselves as part of India. There were independence movements in the North-East but that's reduced over time and then there's J&K which as we all know is complicated

  • @bloodraven6452
    @bloodraven6452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I can tell you like someone who was and still, is a first-hand witness of all of this starting from the 70is to today, you make a really good explanation in a video only 30 min long ... an excellent job ... for me the best part is about the economic problems ... one more time good job thx on it ... sub from me ...

  • @jamesstuart3346
    @jamesstuart3346 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Really well done

  • @lb2791
    @lb2791 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent overview!

  • @claudiadelgadom
    @claudiadelgadom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I found this channel this week by accident and now I've been watching all the videos. Such good content! Particularly as a South American, we don't have deep education history pos-WWII outside our region (we were too busy dealing with out own insane dictators! So that's our main focus on modern history) so this has been a great learning experience for me. Thank you for the quality content.

    • @carolinabazani4292
      @carolinabazani4292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im guessing you are brazilian by your name (sry if the assumption is wrong). South american countries arent the only ones lacking a deeper post ww2 education on its school system, having moved to europe at a young age, its clear the problem isnt merely reserved to south america (people tend to be interested in learning their own history it seems). A second note, what dictators are you reffering to? the only one coming to mind would be Maduro.

    • @claudiadelgadom
      @claudiadelgadom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@carolinabazani4292 I'm not Brazilian and my name is not Portuguese at all lol, it's Spanish (most names in South America are, we were colonized by Spain after all). And every South American country had dictators in the past century, Maduro is the only one right now but Argentina had many dictators including Videla who was a monster, Perú had Fujimori, Chile had Pinochet, Venezuela also had Pérez Jiménez back in the day and so on... now there's democracies but the levels of corruption are rampant, so I'm not sure how democratic that actually is

    • @milekrizman
      @milekrizman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@claudiadelgadom where are you from? I would like to visit Mexico, Cuba and Andean countries from Equador to Argentina. Btw, I am from Croatia.

    • @bojanstare8667
      @bojanstare8667 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carolinabazani4292 What a arogant person. Maduro is nothing comparing with Pinochet and others.

    • @laurarenteria3430
      @laurarenteria3430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey fellow south american yeah we were to busy dealing with whatever tf of a mess we created this time

  • @Horus633
    @Horus633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Fantastic that your focus lies on economic aspects of these events. I've read and watched a lot about yugoslavia, but this video made me aware a lot of new aspects. Thank you

    • @MajorMlgNoob
      @MajorMlgNoob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Economics are probably the main driving force in conflict
      If the economy is stable people tend to be more level headed and rational

    • @nedirajmep
      @nedirajmep 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, economy was one of the main reasons...20 yeras before break up, in 1971 was so called Croatian spring...when Croatian communist party was looking for more independence against central goverment in Belgrade...than Tito stops it...around 70 000 Croats who was involved , most of them intelectuals was fired from jobs, some of them go to prison...one of most known parol of demonstration was "Croatian wallet in Croatian pocket", and "Croatia rifle on Croatian shoulder"...That was a little bit too much for Tito and communist party of Yugoslavia, so they stopped it...the next 20 years is known as "Croatian silence" because everybody was afraid to talk about that issues. It is interesting that communist party of Serbia was not against that Croatian leadership in 1971

  • @Messenger_of_Allah313
    @Messenger_of_Allah313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel Greetings from Finland

  • @full_regalia8649
    @full_regalia8649 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative video. Thanks

  • @MarshalRedDog
    @MarshalRedDog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Fun fact:
    The last one indicted committed suicide in the court.

    • @bornadomacinovic4247
      @bornadomacinovic4247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, he didnt want to be accused of war crimes and treated like a criminal because he (according to him) didnt do them

    • @overthetip
      @overthetip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How's that fun?

    • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261
      @mirjanamilosavljevic4261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bornadomacinovic4247 strange things happen…..

    • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261
      @mirjanamilosavljevic4261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bornadomacinovic4247 so you want to say he knew that he was going to be,, unfairly “ convinced,strange….

    • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261
      @mirjanamilosavljevic4261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@overthetip could be , leaving bitter taste in the mouth,with 1000???????????"?? ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

  • @Tukemuth
    @Tukemuth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    The only major aspect not covered in the video is the influence of various external centers of power who treated Yugoslavia as a playground for pursuing their own interests and saw the future of former Yugoslavia in different, often conflicting, ways.

    • @tymanung768
      @tymanung768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As early as 1970s or 80s, a W Euro (W Germany?) MP revealed NATO s 1st Yugoslavia breakup plan, while others followed. There
      is a more recent video ( sorry?, forgot title. but perhaps on youtube claimed to show that
      at least 1 of ex Yugoslavia wars was cynical joint!!! covert action
      by Slobodam Milosevic, F. Tudjman, and ??--leaders of those 3 new countries staged that war for some benefits, Video even shows the 3 leaders at a party--
      during the war!! If time line is true
      a Machiavellian self serving twisted plot? That would exceed
      any Euro opera, film, or novels
      wildest imaginations!!

    • @ColoradoStreaming
      @ColoradoStreaming ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you have more info on this?

    • @drbone4287
      @drbone4287 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But he did. See 13:50. On one will give someone else money in exchange for nothing. Ofc that push of foreign was implied. He just did not go deep into details, or video would last 2 hours.

    • @m1k4c
      @m1k4c 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everyone always had their players on this Balkans of ours. That's why Yu was created in the first place, to be able to resist outside influences. The moment we forgot that, it cost us 150k souls, half a M disabled and ~3M displaced. Congrats to us, yayyyy!! ;D

  • @toddaustin2198
    @toddaustin2198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! TY

  • @zigavucko
    @zigavucko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely most comprehensive analysis of this topic. Congrats!

  • @safabutt6719
    @safabutt6719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You really did an enormous effort for the video! Everything is explained from the scratch . Couldn't get my head around random information but your work did it . Thankyou so much for making a comprehensive video you definitely deserve a suscriber!

  • @itsblitz4437
    @itsblitz4437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you for making this video! Its good giving more insight of the break-up of Yugoslavia more knowledgeable and in-depth how it happened and why. Thank you 😊

  • @raphaelcaiton9671
    @raphaelcaiton9671 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job!!!

  • @phemosvelty260
    @phemosvelty260 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice documentary, thank you!

  • @Holmes_31
    @Holmes_31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Well explained, considering the complexity of the Western Balkans. Although you missed explaining real agendas behind many actions, because this conflict originates way before any Yugoslavia was ever created.

    • @Arban19
      @Arban19 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What can i read to get those insights?

  • @sandicirak6223
    @sandicirak6223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Some things were missed in the explanation like:IMF gave the loan under a condition that economy has to be transformed and the companies have to make profit without the support of the state , otherwise company has to declare bankruptcy. The major issue and problem with that condition was very short time for that transformation, one year. Most companies went bankrupt and more than 50% of working population become unemployed without hope that situation would improve. In such situation of social despair ethnic tension started to rise.

  • @orkunyoutube
    @orkunyoutube ปีที่แล้ว

    great work.. thx alot.

  • @miroslavmaricri
    @miroslavmaricri 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!!!

  • @mikem820
    @mikem820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent explanation!! Thank you for explaining this complicated issue at a slow pace so I can actually understand what is being said

  • @ThuNguyen-jy2jt
    @ThuNguyen-jy2jt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    When it’s History Scope then it’s an insta-click.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explained of Separation( Dividing) of Yugoslavia by excellent historical channel thanks for sharing

  • @bronsonperich9430
    @bronsonperich9430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a person of Croatian descent, I thank you for helping me understand this chapter of history.

  • @potatoblues
    @potatoblues 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    it's been a while Comrade but boy oh boy am I glad to see this video.

  • @luisalmeida1391
    @luisalmeida1391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant comprehensive video on a country that fascinated me (for some reason) when I was a kid. Instant subscribe.

  • @davidknox5929
    @davidknox5929 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent and helpful analysis.

  • @user-ks1he6cg1g
    @user-ks1he6cg1g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the lecture😅

  • @ujjyiniray772
    @ujjyiniray772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is such a informative video explained in such a easy manner. Really well done. I will keep coming for more

  • @KefoAtleta
    @KefoAtleta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fun fact: at 17:16 the blue white and red stripes as shown in the frame, is a logo of HEP the biggest and main electricity provider in Croatia.

  • @Greksallad
    @Greksallad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My godfather is from Serbia and he explained what it was like to work during the period of hyperinflation in the early 90s. Prices changed so fast that he started out getting paid every 2 weeks, then once a week, and eventually he got paid after every single workday because inflation rates reached 313,563,558 percent. I never thought about that aspect of hyperinflation before he mentioned it.

  • @josephrobi6806
    @josephrobi6806 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well put video. Thanks 😅

  • @emirvmendoza
    @emirvmendoza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for leaving the music titles in the captions, History Scope. Finally found these iconic songs.

  • @ncanny6341
    @ncanny6341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for making this video! I really enjoyed it! I can’t stop rewinding to 21:15 when you talk about the breakup of the states while Dvorak’s 9th symphony plays in the background. It makes it really more intense and dramatic. Once again, thx for making this and can’t what for future episodes!

  • @dimitrismitzithras1852
    @dimitrismitzithras1852 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to see the trials to. Thank you for the good work.

  • @Odisej1
    @Odisej1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video. Greathings from Belgrade. Do the Hague video if you not allready.

  • @danielarevalo6222
    @danielarevalo6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    informative and entertaining presentation. Thank you!.

  • @zacharytaylor3178
    @zacharytaylor3178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Easily the most underrated channel on TH-cam. These videos are so good at explaining history and you deserve more than 135K subs.

    • @albinh.3149
      @albinh.3149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This one was pretty bad in many aspects tbh...

    • @Beefy_B0y330
      @Beefy_B0y330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't base your knowledge on this video, it's filled with holes, badly explained, and it sound like he just read it off wikipedia, skipping over details that are important in later on... I suggest Feature History's videos on the same topic, not too long, and get's the message across in a detailed manner...

    • @zacharytaylor3178
      @zacharytaylor3178 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ScrewT4pe *smokes cigar* sorry, but I’ve already watched FH’s videos, and my opinion is that this one is better. FH isn’t bad, but I like this channel better

  • @elijahodondi7596
    @elijahodondi7596 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤ thanks for a good historical review

  • @darkokos6022
    @darkokos6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @krateproductions4872
    @krateproductions4872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The music is so good and perfect for this video!

  • @love-fp4pn
    @love-fp4pn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you so much for this, this is so accurate, and thank you for including all the details

  • @grantp4022
    @grantp4022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the best video I've seen on Yugoslavia - very well done. If you've made
    one on North and South Korea, I'll be sure to watch it. Thanks for your work,
    it was very well done.

  • @weaverbirdUK
    @weaverbirdUK 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh Wow. Wow. Amazing. Everything covered incl backdrop, economy & ethnicity factors and so well elucidated. Subscribed now. Thank you!

  • @therunningpepperoni4862
    @therunningpepperoni4862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've been waiting for this video Comrade

  • @strongallalong89
    @strongallalong89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video! Thanks for filling all the gaps in my knowledge!

  • @Trioptic3D
    @Trioptic3D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Informative

  • @davidmorrison803
    @davidmorrison803 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is excellent. Bravo.

  • @johnlacey3857
    @johnlacey3857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love history with a passion, and I just stumbled on this video. I loved it!! Your presentation was clear, well thought out and well delivered. It provided a lot of fascinating detail - but not so much that it could only be understood by history professors. The graphics were excellent, the script well written, and the narrator was excellent (and as the cherry top was his Eastern European accent!). As a history buff who grew up in Canada it seemed your treatment of all the various and sundry multi-dimensional ethnic groups attempted to be fair and balanced... although I’m sure there are many on all sides who might dispute that description.
    In short... great job..! I’m glad I found you! As of this moment I shall like, comment, and subscribe. 🙏
    And eagerly await your next videos.

    • @zmajooov
      @zmajooov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "As a history buff who grew up in Canada it seemed your treatment of all the various and sundry multi-dimensional ethnic groups attempted to be fair and balanced... although I’m sure there are many on all sides who might dispute that description. "
      What? He flat out blamed the Serbs for everything lol

    • @airshipflea5219
      @airshipflea5219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zmajooov No, not really, he only really "blamed" the Serbs for the Yugoslav wars, which I think is appropriate? Correct me if I'm wrong

  • @HistoryHustle
    @HistoryHustle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Very interesting and complete video. Great work once again.

  • @mab49696
    @mab49696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    great education. being from the USA it is hard for me to recognize your cartoon maps and what they are depicting. it would be very helpful if you named the countries or regions on your pictures verses coloring them with the flags. a lot of times I don't understand where you are talking about because I don't necessarily recognize the outline of your cartoon maps. but GREAT coverage of the topic. I look forward to more content.

    • @JusTCheap15
      @JusTCheap15 ปีที่แล้ว

      At 9:03 you have all countries and their deseires explained there you can also see which country is which with the flags

    • @life69467
      @life69467 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      See ey Yu rock music .

  • @Calvin300clan
    @Calvin300clan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love ur videos they're like candy

  • @Jokkkkke
    @Jokkkkke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great to see this go from poll to full fledged content

  • @juavxn
    @juavxn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Finally! I been waiting so long for it! 😣❤️

  • @121hmike
    @121hmike 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very well explained ! best video about yugoslavian wars

  • @BigAmp
    @BigAmp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Nice presentation and pretty accurate too. Could have spent a bit more time explaining the WW2 situation (3 separate movements, one of which was radically pro Nazi), which would have given a bit more historical context but overall really well done. I of Croatian ethnicity, visited Jugoslavija in late 1988. Whilst in Serbia very much all good, business as usual but when in Croatia it was easy to see there was a bit of feeling and trouble brewing. I never imagined it would go the way it did and that it would happen so quickly. Well, Jugoslavija might seem to have been a good idea at the time it was formed but I guess it was always an artificial country doomed to eventual failure.

    • @slavenvulic
      @slavenvulic ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That would make sense. 1988 Serbia didnt felt the tension the other repulblic or autonomy regions did because Slobodan's goverment in Serbia was couse of tension and tension wouldnt be naturally felt from the source as would in the affected areas

    • @tetrahedron1000
      @tetrahedron1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is also an artificially created country. It will probably break up in the end.

    • @BigAmp
      @BigAmp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tetrahedron1000 You are correct and you could add the same about Scotland and maybe even Wales.

  • @j1992g
    @j1992g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    By far the best explanation and easy to follow video of the breakup of this country. I know its very complicated lol.
    This video helped me understand this topic alot better.
    Well done!!

    • @cibetka76
      @cibetka76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except nothing is true there

  • @catdandel
    @catdandel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    While most of the facts in the video are true, or close enough to truth, the video manages to create a false narrative by omitting crucial facts. It hardly ever mentions the ethnic tensions and violence which accompanied Yugoslavia even as it was still "The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes". The renaming to "Yugoslavia" has nothing to do with "branding", and everything with covering up the ethnic tensions: murder of leading Croat politicians by Serb nationalist in the national parliament in 1928, the assassination of the (ethnically Serb) king by Croat nationalist in 1934, etc. These ethnic tensions got much worse during the WW2, had never been resolved, and eventually caused the country to disintegrate. Economic inequalities were just a symptom, a result of different ethnicities having different levels of education, work mentality, and social organisation.

    • @goldenvrpca7962
      @goldenvrpca7962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point, but one thing still needs correction: king Alexander was killed by the Macedonian nationalist (they were in league with the Croats, all right).

    • @brankobelfranin8815
      @brankobelfranin8815 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexandar was not killed by a croat

    • @brankobelfranin8815
      @brankobelfranin8815 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Natan multinational effort with ultra facists

  • @maspalfiker
    @maspalfiker 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the best videos on the topic of breakup of Yugoslavia. Short and very clear. As a Croat, I can say it is very difficult to explain to a foreigner what actualy happened and not lose their interest half way down the timelane which has to cover atleast all what happened in the region in thru the 20th century, not to mention that also the historical conditions since the middle ages also had to do with how it all ended in the 1990s. Very good job!