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    Croatian War of Independence - Wikipedia

    The Croatian War of Independence was an armed conflict fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and local Serb forces, … See more

    Political changes in Yugoslavia
    In the 1970s, Yugoslavia's socialist regime became severely splintered into a liberal-decentralist nationalist faction led by Croatia and Slovenia… See more

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    1991: Open hostilities begin
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    Ethnic hatred grew as various incidents fueled the … See more

    On 25 October 1991, Yugoslav Air Force pilot Rudolf Perešin flew his MiG-21R to Austria and defected. He later fought on behalf of Croatian forces in the war, ultimately dying … See more

    During the war
    While Serbia and Croatia never declared war on each other, Serbia was directly and indirectly involved in… See more

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    Serb and Yugoslav People's Army forces
    The JNA was initially formed during World War II to carry out guerrilla warfareSee more

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    Assessment of type and name of the war
    The standard term applied to the war as directly translated from Croatian is Homeland war ( See more

    The war developed at a time when the attention of the United States and the world was on Iraq, and the Gulf War in 1991, along with a sharp rise in oil prices and a slowdown in… See more

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