The attacks Attack resulted in Causation the paralysis of Yugoslav civilian and military command Control and control Control , the widespread Dispersal destruction Destroying of Belgrade 's infrastructure , and many civilian casualties Death .

A monument erected Building in New Belgrade in 1997 commemorates the Yugoslav airmen who were killed Killing in Belgrade 's defense Defending .

The Croatian Serb rebels Hostile_encounter captured Conquering the police station in Glina , but were stopped Hindering in Struga before the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) arrived Arriving there to create Creating a buffer zone and , according to the JNA , assist Assistance the Croatian police to evacuate Escaping .

Subsequently , a guerrilla liberation war Military_operation was fought Hostile_encounter against the Axis occupying forces Military_operation and their locally established Building puppet regimes , including the fascist Independent State of Croatia and the Government of National Salvation in the German-occupied territory of Serbia , by the Communist-led republican Yugoslav Partisans .

Simultaneously , a multi-side civil war was waged between the Yugoslav communist Partisans , the Serbian royalist Chetniks , the Croatian fascist Ustashe and Home Guard , Serbian Volunteer Corps and State Guard , as well as Slovene Home Guard troops .

Both the Yugoslav Partisans and the Chetnik movement initially resisted Defending the occupation .

Finally , during and after the final stages of the war , Yugoslav authorities and Partisan troops carried out reprisals , including the deportation of the Danube Swabian population , forced Causation marches and executions of thousands of captured soldiers and civilians ( predominantly Croats associated Collaboration with the NDH , but also Slovenes and others ) fleeing Escaping their advance ( the Bleiburg repatriations ) , atrocities against the Italian population in Istria ( the Foibe massacres ) and purges against Serbs , Hungarians and Germans associated Collaboration with the fascist forces .

The 9th Corps of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) led by Colonel Ratko Mladić and the forces of the Serbian Autonomous Oblast ( region ) of Krajina ( SAO Krajina ) under Knin police chief Milan Martić besieged Besieging the Croat-inhabited village of Kijevo in late April and early May 1991 .

The siege was the first instance of use of the ethnic cleansing Emptying in the Yugoslav Wars .

In early 1998 , KLA attacks Attack targeting Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo resulted in Causation an increased presence of Serb paramilitaries and regular forces who subsequently began Process_start pursuing a campaign of retribution targeting KLA sympathisers and political opponents ; this campaign killed Killing 1,500 to 2,000 civilians and KLA combatants .

This precipitated Change a mass expulsion of Kosovar Albanians as the Yugoslav forces continued to fight Hostile_encounter during the aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia ( March–June 1999 ) .

By 2000 , investigations Scrutiny had recovered Recovering the remains of almost three thousand victims of all ethnicities , and in 2001 a United Nations administered Control Supreme Court , based in Kosovo , found Know that there had been `` a systematic campaign of terror , including murders , rapes , arsons and severe maltreatments '' , but that Yugoslav troops had tried to remove Removing rather than eradicate the Albanian population .

The Yugoslav and Serb forces caused Causation the displacement of between 1.2 million to 1.45 million Kosovo Albanians .

The NATO bombing Attack campaign has remained controversial , as it did not gain Getting the approval Preventing_or_letting of the UN Security Council and because it caused Causation at least 488 Yugoslav civilian deaths Death , including substantial numbers of Kosovar refugees .

The SDG were under the command Control of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , which was controlled Control by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević .

The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

After being initially besieged Besieging by the forces of the Yugoslav People 's Army , Sarajevo was besieged Besieging by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 ( 1,425 days ) during the Bosnian War .

The Croatian War Military_operation of Independence was fought Hostile_encounter from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared Expressing_publicly independence Change_of_leadership from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) and local Serb forces , with the JNA ending its combat Hostile_encounter operations Military_operation in Croatia by 1992 .

Most Serbs sought Statement a new Serb state within a Yugoslav federation Collaboration , including areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with ethnic Serb majorities or significant minorities , and attempted to conquer Conquering as much of Croatia as possible .

Both para-states were supported Supporting by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) and Serbia .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks ( ) was a series of engagements Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard ( `` Zbor narodne garde '' – ZNG , later renamed Name_conferral the Croatian Army ) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) on another .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks was an escalation Preventing_or_letting of the conflict between Croatian authorities and the Croatian Serbs who openly revolted Change_of_leadership in August 1990 and the JNA 's efforts to preserve the Yugoslav federation .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Dalmatian Channels was a three-day confrontation Hostile_encounter between three tactical groups of Yugoslav Navy ships and coastal artillery , and a detachment of naval commandos of the Croatian Navy fought Hostile_encounter on 14–16 November 1991 during the Croatian War Military_operation of Independence .

On 14 November , the commandos torpedoed Attack the `` Mirna '' -class patrol boat PČ-176 `` Mukos '' close to the island of Brač in the Split Channel of the Adriatic Sea , prompting Causation a Yugoslav naval bombardment Attack of Brač and Šolta Island the same day .

The next day , a group of Yugoslav Navy vessels deployed Arranging to the Split Channel , organised Arranging into the Kaštela tactical group ( TG ) and bombarded Attack the city of Split in retaliation Revenge for the loss Earnings_and_losses of `` Mukos '' .

To draw Motion off some of the artillery fire , the Yugoslav Navy deployed Arranging another group of vessels from the island of Vis , organised Arranging as the Vis TG , south of Šolta where the TG was engaged Hostile_encounter by more Croatian artillery .

On 16 November , the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Yugoslav force sailed Self_motion through the Korčula Channela strait separating the islands of Hvar and Korčulato reach Arriving safety at the Yugoslav Navy base at Vis .

On 16 November , the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Yugoslav force sailed Self_motion through the Korčula Channela strait separating the islands of Hvar and Korčulato reach Arriving safety at the Yugoslav Navy base at Vis .

The battle Hostile_encounter marked Recording the last deployment Arranging of the Yugoslav Navy into one of the Dalmatian channels , the loosening Cause_change_of_strength of the naval blockade Besieging of the Croatian coast imposed Action in September and the largest Croatian Navy operation Military_operation in the war Military_operation .

During the battle Hostile_encounter , 22 Yugoslav Navy crewmen , two Croatian gunners and two civilian sailors in Split were killed Killing .

Thirty-three Yugoslav officers were charged Legality in relation to the naval bombardment Attack by Croatian authorities .

Most of the victims were Yugoslav citizens of Albanian ethnicity .

The 1991 protest in Split was a street protest against the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) held Hold in Split , Croatia on 6 May 1991 .

The offensive established Creating a short-lived bridgehead , evacuated Removing in panic two days after the operation commenced Process_start , under tank and mortar fire from the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) deployed Arranging north of Glina .

The operation built Building on HV and HVO advances made Causation during Operation Summer '95 , when strategic positions allowing the rapid capture of the RSK capital Knin were gained Getting , and on the continued arming and training of the HV since the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence , when the RSK was created Creating during the Serb Log revolution and Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) intervention .

The RSK relied Supply on the Republika Srpska and Yugoslav militaries as its strategic reserve , but they did not intervene Hindering in the battle .

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts , wars Hostile_encounter of independence and insurgencies fought Hostile_encounter in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001 , which led to Causation the breakup of the Yugoslav state .

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts , wars Hostile_encounter of independence and insurgencies fought Hostile_encounter in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001 , which led to Causation the breakup of the Yugoslav state .

Initially the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) sought to preserve Preserving the unity of the whole of Yugoslavia by crushing Destroying the secessionist governments , but it increasingly came under the influence of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević , which evoked Causation Serbian nationalist rhetoric and was willing to use Using the Yugoslav cause to preserve Preserving the unity of Serbs in one state .

Initially the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) sought to preserve Preserving the unity of the whole of Yugoslavia by crushing Destroying the secessionist governments , but it increasingly came under the influence of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević , which evoked Causation Serbian nationalist rhetoric and was willing to use Using the Yugoslav cause to preserve Preserving the unity of Serbs in one state .

According to the International Center for Transitional Justice , the Yugoslav Wars resulted in the death Death of 140,000 people .

The Humanitarian Law Center estimates that in the conflicts Hostile_encounter in the former Yugoslav republics at least 130,000 people were killed Killing .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Osijek ( ) was the artillery bombardment Attack of the Croatian city of Osijek by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) which took place Process_start from August 1991 to June 1992 during the Croatian War Military_operation of Independence .

25 '' , which Adolf Hitler issued Creating on 27 March 1941 , following the Yugoslav coup d'état .

On the same day , Hungarian forces entered Arriving Yugoslav Bačka and Baranya , but like the Italians they faced Confronting_problem practically no resistance .

A Yugoslav attack Attack into the northern parts of the Italian protectorate of Albania met with initial success , but was inconsequential Change_sentiment due Causation to the collapse Destroying of the rest of the Yugoslav forces .

A Yugoslav attack Attack into the northern parts of the Italian protectorate of Albania met with initial success , but was inconsequential Change_sentiment due Causation to the collapse Destroying of the rest of the Yugoslav forces .

Scholars have proposed Statement several theories for the Royal Yugoslav Army 's sudden collapse , including poor training Education_teaching and equipment , generals eager to secure a quick cessation of hostilities , and a sizeable Croatian nationalist fifth column .

The invasion Attack ended Process_end when an armistice was signed on Sign_agreement 17 April 1941 , based on the unconditional surrender of the Yugoslav army , which came into effect Change at noon on 18 April .

The fighting prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Presidency of Yugoslavia to order Request the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) to step in and create Creating a buffer zone between the opposing forces .