The changing shape of Yugoslavia (1815-1999)
Since the 19th century, the history of Yugoslavia has been a series of partitions, break-ups, and regional or international wars. In 1815 only Montenegro was an independent principality, while the other provinces were still under Ottoman or Austro-Hungarian rule. The…
Wo liegt Kosovo überhaupt?
Der Kosovo liegt in Binnenlage im Zentrum der Balkanhalbinsel. Er grenzt im Südwesten an Albanien, im Nordwesten an Montenegro, im Norden und Osten an Serbien bzw. Zentralserbien und im Südosten an Nordmazedonien. Tektonisch sind die Einebnungen des Amselfeldes und Metochiens…
Historical Maps of The Balkans
Historical Maps of The Balkans – Balkans, Ethnic Majorities, Yugoslavia, Former, Ethnic Majorities, Balkan States – Central Balkan Region. Macedonia, Thracia, Illyria, Moesia et Dacia [Ancient Balkans] Europe – Crusades Era includes Balkans – Boundaries of Serbia from 1196-present. Europe…
Kosovo Atlas – Beschriftung der Städte und Ortschaften in Albanisch und Serbisch
Kosovo Landkarte: Beschriftung der Städte und Ortschaften in Albanisch und Beschriftung der Städte und Ortschaften in Serbisch. Hinter dem jeweiligem Sektor befinden sich PDF Dateien. Die Republik Kosovo ist ein De-facto-Staat in Südosteuropa auf dem westlichen Teil der Balkanhalbinsel mit…
Operation Allied Force – NATO Air strikes against Yugoslavia
Operation Allied Force was the military response of NATO to the 1999 Kosovo crisis, and the first major combat operation in NATO history. On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an attack on Yugoslavia, making good on a long-standing threat to…
Pristina Police Station Holds Tools of Torture – June 18, 1999
June 17 – What happened in the dank cellar of the Mahalla e Muhaxhereve police station in downtown Pristina remains unknown. But when Serbian Interior Ministry police shed their blue-gray uniforms and abandoned the building as British troops took control…
NATO Peace Force Hastens Into Kosovo – June 12, 1999
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, June 12 (Saturday) – NATO troops rolled into Kosovo near dawn today to begin the allied occupation of the shattered province, hours after a convoy of Russian military vehicles stunned Western leaders and apparently even officials in Moscow…
Serb Forces Begin Pullout – NATO Halts Strikes
Yugoslav troops began pulling out of Kosovo yesterday and NATO suspended its 11-week air campaign as the vanguard of an international force, including U.S. troops, geared up on the borders of the battered province for deployment as peacekeepers as early…
NATO Declares the Air War Is Over
June 20 – NATO formally declared an end to its air war against Yugoslavia following the departure of the last Yugoslav troops from Kosovo today, as leaders of the world’s seven leading industrial democracies and Russia announced a major effort…
Clinton addresses the nation on Juni 10, 1999
June 10, 1999 – My fellow Americans, tonight, for the first time in 79 days, the skies over Yugoslavia are silent. The Serb army and police are withdrawing from Kosovo. The 1 million men, women and children driven from their…