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[[Image:Yugoslavia.png|right|thumb|Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]

==Origins==

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The former state of '''Yugoslavia''' (literally "Land of the South Slavs") was created following the [[Paris Peace Talks]] of 1919-1920 as the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes." Since these were not the only ethnic groups existing in the country, the name was changed in 1929 to "Kingdom of Yugoslavia." During the span of its existence it was the largest nation in the [[Balkan peninsula]]. While none of the countries created at the Peace Conference perfectly represented the [[Wilsonian]] ideal of national [[self-determination]], Yugoslavia was more of a repudiation of this idea than probably any other. Most of its territory had previously been part of the recently destroyed kingdom of [[Serbia]]; the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]; or prior to [[World War I]], the [[Ottoman Empire]].

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The former state of '''Yugoslavia''' (literally "Land of the South Slavs") was created following the [[Paris Peace Talks]] of 1919-1920 as the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes." Since these were not the only ethnic groups existing in the country, the name was changed in 1929 to "Kingdom of Yugoslavia." During the span of its existence it was the largest and most important nation in the [[Balkan peninsula]]. While none of the countries created at the Peace Conference perfectly represented the [[Wilsonian]] ideal of national [[self-determination]], Yugoslavia was more of a repudiation of this idea than probably any other. Most of its territory had previously been part of the recently destroyed kingdom of [[Serbia]]; the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]; or prior to [[World War I]], the [[Ottoman Empire]].

==World War II==

Besides [[Britain]] and [[France]], Yugoslavia was the only European country to openly defy [[Nazi Germany]] after the [[Munich agreement of 1938]] but before being attacked or annexed. It earned this distinction as a result of a [[coup d'etat]] in April 1941 triggered by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s unsuccessful invasion of neighboring [[Greece]]. The coup overthrew a pro-[[Nazi]] prime minister and was treated by [[Adolf Hitler]] as a [[casus belli]].

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Besides receiving British aid, Mihailović served as war minister of the royalist government and chief of Supreme Command Staff in the homeland. But the Allies, the exiled government, and even young King Peter II eventually concluded (not without reason) that the Communist partisans were the only ones effectively resisting the Axis and transferred their support to Tito during 1944.

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Insurgents in Yugoslavia caused the [[Nazi]]s more trouble than in any other country with the exceptions of the [[Soviet Union~~]] and perhaps [[Poland~~]].

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Insurgents in Yugoslavia caused the [[Nazi]]s more trouble than in any other country with the exceptions of the [[Soviet Union]].

==Cold War==

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Serbia and Montenegro both claim to be the successor country to the former Yugoslavia so each use the name "Yugoslavia."

==Further reading==

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* Banac, Ivo. ''With Stalin against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism.'' (1989). 294 pp.

* Bennett, Christopher. ''Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse: Causes, Course, and Consequences.'' (1995). 253 pp.

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* Djordjevic, Dimitrije, ed. ''The Creation of Yugoslavia, 1914-1918.'' (1980). 228 pp.

* Gapinski, James H. ''The Economic Structure and Failure of Yugoslavia.'' (1993). 212 pp.

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* Hehn, Paul N. ''The German Struggle Against Yugoslav Guerrillas in World War II: German Counter-Insurgency in Yugoslavia, 1941-1943.'' (1979). 153 pp.

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* Jelavich, Barbara. ''History of the Balkans: Twentieth century‎'' (1983) 476 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=Hd-or3qtqrsC&dq=intitle:history+intitle:balkans+inauthor:jelavich&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]

* Judah, Timothy. ''The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia.'' (1997). 347 pp.

* Lane, Ann. ''Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity, 1941-1949.'' (1996). 220 pp.

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* Larson, David L. ''United States Foreign Policy Toward Yugoslavia, 1943-1963.'' (1979). 380 pp.

* Magas, Branka. ''The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracking Yugoslavia's Break-Up, 1980-92.'' (1993). 384 pp.

* Pavlowitch, Stevan K. ''Hitler's New Disorder: The Second World War in Yugoslavia.'' (2008). 352pp

* Ramet, Sabrina Petra. ''Balkan Babel: Politics, Culture, and Religion in Yugoslavia.'' (1992). 230 pp.

* Silber, Laura and Little, Alan. ''Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation.'' (1996). 306 pp.

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* Singleton, Fred. ''A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples.'' (1985). 309 pp.

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* Vucinich, Wayne S., ed. ''At the Brink of War and Peace: The Tito-Stalin Split in a Historic Perspective.'' (1982). 341 pp.

* West, Richard. ''Tito and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia.'' (1995). 448 pp.

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* Wheeler, Mark C. ''Britain and the War for Yugoslavia, 1940-1943.'' (1980). 351 pp.

* Woodward, Susan L. ''Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War.'' (1995). 536 pp.

* Woodward, Susan L. ''Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990.'' (1995). 443 pp.

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