The Breakup of Yugoslavia

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  • čas přidán 29. 04. 2016
  • Why did Yugoslavia split up? In this video, I attempt to look at the complex situation of the former Yugoslav republics and what led to their breakup.
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    Satiate Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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  • @deniursicic7886
    @deniursicic7886 Před 3 lety +5699

    "Today, all former Yugoslav republics are peaceful and prosperous nations."
    Clearly you do not live there.

  • @a7128
    @a7128 Před 4 lety +9246

    Yugoslavia was split up by UEFA because its national football team would be too strong.

    • @nekojcovek8466
      @nekojcovek8466 Před 4 lety +195

      Agreed

    • @azrael7891
      @azrael7891 Před 4 lety +184

      I remember watching them. They were real good.

    • @SiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuXavii
      @SiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuXavii Před 4 lety +304

      Boban, modrić, pijanić, šerič, milosevic, dzeko, jović, oblak

    • @hulssero11
      @hulssero11 Před 4 lety +79

      That Bearded Guy i hate Yugoslavia but that team would be top 5 for sure,old communist Yugoslavia have picked players by national standard,so you needed to have all nations included in first team

    • @EuroGuy85
      @EuroGuy85 Před 4 lety +121

      They could’ve possibly won the euro in ‘92 if they’d decided to not kill each other. Scmeichel really appreciated that, made a career at United based on that.

  • @nikos8247
    @nikos8247 Před rokem +265

    I was always wondering as a Greek neighbour why they split... This video has helped me to understand more about that... They had a dream basketball team, it was almost impossible to beat them!

    • @andrewong2956
      @andrewong2956 Před rokem +3

      Which is exactly where and how the skopjes first appeared!

    • @user-be2cx5mf5v
      @user-be2cx5mf5v Před rokem +1

      @@andrewong2956
      Watch the video again, especially the first part

    • @andrewong2956
      @andrewong2956 Před rokem

      @@user-be2cx5mf5v You mean how Yugoslavia first formed?

    • @milakapovic1092
      @milakapovic1092 Před rokem

      We split because Serbia attacked us and that is only true

    • @exoticmoods1650
      @exoticmoods1650 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@milakapovic1092 why did they attacke you? What have you done?

  • @heavensnangels
    @heavensnangels Před 2 lety +412

    As someone who lives in Bosnia, born 11 years after the war, you got everything perfectly right. Its so scary what happened and sends chills down my spine. Both of my parents fought for Bosnia and their lives not so long ago. I pray this doesn't happen again.

    • @Hagser
      @Hagser Před 2 lety

      Shitcountry Croatia 🇭🇷 is member of NATO what do you think about that?😂🤦‍♂️

    • @heavensnangels
      @heavensnangels Před 2 lety +13

      @@Hagser i dont think i quite understand what is the reason behind your statement

    • @SaadAltuilaai
      @SaadAltuilaai Před 2 lety +7

      So you are like 13? 👶🏼

    • @heavensnangels
      @heavensnangels Před 2 lety +17

      @@SaadAltuilaai sixteen

    • @mikechanel2387
      @mikechanel2387 Před 2 lety +7

      Hey, I’m Bosnian too with a Bosnian dad

  • @mohammadgalihputra4081
    @mohammadgalihputra4081 Před 4 lety +7152

    People: So how complicated is your history?
    Balkan: Yes

    • @ShredderZXTF2
      @ShredderZXTF2 Před 4 lety +139

      CZcams commenters are the least funny people in existence

    • @mikebather6688
      @mikebather6688 Před 4 lety +36

      ShredderZX shut up fake European

    • @LanceCrowMusic
      @LanceCrowMusic Před 4 lety +55

      Let's just blame it on the Serbs again.

    • @eneaqoshi
      @eneaqoshi Před 4 lety +38

      @@LanceCrowMusic lets blame it on albania again.

    • @robertmasina4610
      @robertmasina4610 Před 4 lety +18

      If people from outside the Balkans find the history of that region complicated, one can't blame them.

  • @SuperLusername
    @SuperLusername Před 7 lety +9851

    Balkans produce more history than they can consume.

    • @BlySS93
      @BlySS93 Před 7 lety +547

      It's crazy here. I still have no idea how this many ethnic groups are on soo little land.

    • @matiasnigrum1348
      @matiasnigrum1348 Před 7 lety +134

      TheSaneWarboy so little?...it is not so little at all....ok comparable with China or Russia or Usa but you have many many more lands way smaller with even more etnic groups.....o

    • @SuperLusername
      @SuperLusername Před 7 lety +24

      ***** And croatia, slovenia, serbia, Bih, montenegro and kosovo is not? I know full well what balkan is.

    • @matiasnigrum1348
      @matiasnigrum1348 Před 7 lety +27

      Evilsamar Slovenia is not Balkan...check better the borders...

    • @matiasnigrum1348
      @matiasnigrum1348 Před 7 lety +27

      Znik NEVER was...if we were part of yugoslavia this does not mean that we are a balkan country..if we are a balkan country than also Italy and Austria are balkan country or not?....your geography seems very poor;)

  • @tarrynharris373
    @tarrynharris373 Před 2 lety +93

    When I was at school I met a girl who had come from Bosnia. This was in 1999-2000. I have always been interested in finding out some of what she had lived through. We made a connection even though we had just met and it was good to talk to someone who also came from an country that was politically unstable and violent (mine being South Africa) despite the instability being there for very different reasons. I never saw her that much again, not sure if she moved away. I think about it often. Everyone else went to lunch and we stayed talking because no one else around us seemed to understand.

    • @bascelija
      @bascelija Před 2 lety

      In which country the two of you went to school ?

    • @tarrynharris373
      @tarrynharris373 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bascelija Western Australia

    • @rn6045
      @rn6045 Před rokem

      @@tarrynharris373 the best state in Straya 😌

  • @PT-91_Twardy
    @PT-91_Twardy Před rokem +33

    Saddest breakup in history

  • @ddlmao3504
    @ddlmao3504 Před 4 lety +3049

    "Usa politics are sooo complicated "
    The balkans: hold my rakija...

  • @knguyennguyen5559
    @knguyennguyen5559 Před 5 lety +5917

    How to create a comment war: Create a video on
    a) Israel
    b) Balkans
    c) Cyprus

  • @MyBelch
    @MyBelch Před 10 měsíci +9

    In the early 90s, I was an editor on the international desk of an English language daily newspaper in Tokyo. I was in my late 20s and had never been to the Balkans. Watching this video unleashed a flood of memories regarding the news I handled every day and all the names, places and events came back in an instant. Well done on an informative video. Cheers.

  • @TheTEN24
    @TheTEN24 Před rokem +22

    This is extremely informative and well made for someone of Croatian descent like myself. Interesting to learn more about what exactly happened

  • @balomamedeki2044
    @balomamedeki2044 Před 4 lety +2859

    "We will defend every inch of croatia"
    I am prety sure he said centimeter.
    Edit: this was a joke that was nothing to do with Yugoslavia and now i started a war in replies. I was just making fun of imperial system and how we use metryc, and now everyone thinks i am fascist

    • @kapec21
      @kapec21 Před 4 lety +34

      Or every meter🤣

    • @popsiking3505
      @popsiking3505 Před 4 lety +33

      Hi frim Croatia abd he didn't

    • @bigsmokey2292
      @bigsmokey2292 Před 4 lety +156

      he said "pedalj" which means inch

    • @Hadahuda
      @Hadahuda Před 4 lety +2

      Logan History Walker and i am pretty sure we dont care

    • @kategoried7501
      @kategoried7501 Před 4 lety +21

      We win the war thanks God! Long live Franjo Tuđman!

  • @hawke3539
    @hawke3539 Před 7 lety +8733

    As a citizen of Bosnia I have to say that this video was astoundingly well done.It was impartial and backed by facts and not eithers side propaganda. There is just one thing that was incorrect about it that was at the end that the republics are now prosperous. We are not prosperous we are poor as fuck lol.

    • @NenadRadovanovicnesaplay
      @NenadRadovanovicnesaplay Před 7 lety +421

      Nah man, quality of life is still high. I moved to USA 2 years ago for work, and travel often to Sarajevo and Belgrade, and our "carpe diem" hedonistic mindset is just uncontested! We manage way more with 200-500e than what people do here with $1500-3000, while spending more time with friends and family

    • @hawke3539
      @hawke3539 Před 7 lety +587

      Nenad Radovanovic While a quarter of the population is unemployed, corruption is at an all time high, most salaries are around 200 e and thousands of ppl leave every year. Now my statement was that we are not prosperous and that we are poor as fuck and these facts confirm that. Now you are right about are mindset and we just dont give a fuck about that and enjoy life as much as we can. Seems that "different" nations of former Yugoslavia have a pretty same mindset lol.

    • @petar.pandza
      @petar.pandza Před 7 lety +46

      Hawke35 mogu li ti reć da ri je engleski ekstra ;)

    • @hawke3539
      @hawke3539 Před 7 lety +25

      Petar Pandža Sad ne kontam jel to sarkazam il ne haha..ako nije jbg buraz igrice, filmovi,ovo ono nauci se ponesto XD

    • @hawke3539
      @hawke3539 Před 7 lety +41

      Lux Matrix NOW THAT is an awesome plan..I thing that anyone with at least some brain is planning to get out of here..

  • @ultrayeets
    @ultrayeets Před 2 lety +84

    My parents both grew up in Mostar and had to flee during the war, crazy to think how if some of these things didn’t happen how different my life could be. Awesome video!

    • @mr.gilbert2790
      @mr.gilbert2790 Před rokem +6

      I’ve been to Mostar, one of the most beautiful and serene towns I’ve been to. Almost cracked my head walking on the bridge cos the marble was so smooth

  • @brucedanton3669
    @brucedanton3669 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for this of course, which is very interesting too. Well done too!

  • @ghhbbgokijuy1142
    @ghhbbgokijuy1142 Před 3 lety +2070

    Most of the World: I miss 90s.
    Former part of Yoguslavia: Are we joke to you?!

    • @aleksanderlikar5375
      @aleksanderlikar5375 Před 3 lety +99

      I am from Slovenia and the 90s were great for us.
      What was happening in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia were terrible. I still remember the frightened refugees today.

    • @b-mixchannel6735
      @b-mixchannel6735 Před 3 lety +29

      @@aleksanderlikar5375 you still remember Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia? Is Kosovo a joke to you? After all thats where the worst masacres happened.

    • @aleksanderlikar5375
      @aleksanderlikar5375 Před 3 lety +56

      @@b-mixchannel6735 I apologize to you first.
      Kosovo too, I agree.

    • @timesnewlogan2032
      @timesnewlogan2032 Před 3 lety +10

      Most of the World: *Yes.*

    • @casablanca08769
      @casablanca08769 Před 3 lety +18

      The 90s for Kosovo was the worst decade ever.

  • @romulusaikido1
    @romulusaikido1 Před 3 lety +3292

    And this is the SiMPLIFIED version!

    • @NickGhale
      @NickGhale Před 3 lety +11

      BAAYDUHH

    • @serbtesla
      @serbtesla Před 3 lety +20

      It really is.

    • @lildreadnaughtstarwar
      @lildreadnaughtstarwar Před 3 lety +122

      I think I’d rather have the Oversimplified version

    • @jorgeh.r9879
      @jorgeh.r9879 Před 3 lety +27

      @@lildreadnaughtstarwar Me too. Although this one is good

    • @darkone_2013
      @darkone_2013 Před 3 lety +30

      if you look at that topic more closely you are going to ser that Croatia isn’t as innocent as portrayed here

  • @itsmezac5468
    @itsmezac5468 Před 2 lety +47

    All that I got from this is that Serbia has control issues.

    • @HaraBoss
      @HaraBoss Před 2 lety +18

      Serbia has problem with political extremism. Most of the people are nice and peaceful tho!

    • @belosevickris3379
      @belosevickris3379 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HaraBoss No more than other republics at the time

  • @thepeppanugget3594
    @thepeppanugget3594 Před 2 lety +19

    I’m super thankful for this video, I wanted to write about Yugoslavia for an English essay and I didn’t expect this subject to be this wide.
    I would be so confused if this video didn’t exist!

  • @jbcheema9883
    @jbcheema9883 Před 4 lety +2405

    "War is when young are tricked by the old to kill each other."
    -Niko Bellic

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf Před 4 lety +262

      Actually the actual quote is "War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the rich and powerful to kill each other." - Niko Bellic

    • @senko1094
      @senko1094 Před 4 lety +169

      @@Lazer-bp9lf the actual quote is "war is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other"

    • @offdeadeye88
      @offdeadeye88 Před 4 lety +25

      Literally just started gta 4 as I read this creepy 🤓

    • @Donmenon
      @Donmenon Před 4 lety +9

      Best character we got ❤️

    • @instantgratification3925
      @instantgratification3925 Před 4 lety +1

      True hero

  • @JohnnyCapss
    @JohnnyCapss Před 7 lety +2554

    One of the most confusing wars Ive ever watched a video on.

    • @edwingraca7708
      @edwingraca7708 Před 7 lety +64

      JONATHan CaPiChanO u have never heard of the war of the roses...that was a nightmare to read

    • @mzakt7
      @mzakt7 Před 7 lety +241

      JONATHan CaPiChanO Imagine what its like to have to study this shit in history classes, and especially when you get biased af lessons tryimg to justify your "side's" actions. Both sides had blood on their hands and did horrible stuff but of course they won't admit it about themselves, they just point out the horrors commited by their "enemies", bunch of hypocritical cunts

    • @claypl7021
      @claypl7021 Před 7 lety +12

      try war of the bucket

    • @tino8735
      @tino8735 Před 7 lety +168

      I agree, this video is bullshit, serbs were not afraid of Croatia becoming independent because of WW 2, they wanted the "Great Serbia" and genocide all others.

    • @joksa969
      @joksa969 Před 7 lety +28

      It's a good thing you guys don't hold bias opinions...

  • @lovegais
    @lovegais Před 4 měsíci +5

    As a half Serb born in Sweden, my father never spoke about the war and went so far as to not teach me and my siblings the language growing up thinking we would never go to his homeland because of the conflict. For me to research this topic in an unbiased manner has been a difficult task and I am trying my best to look at the conflict from every possible angle. Thank you for making this an educational historical video about this terrible conflict, and I wish all the balkan people nothing but love

  • @armanbosnjak5184
    @armanbosnjak5184 Před rokem +3

    Everything is very accurate this video is very educational and you did a great job 👏

  • @darwindelosreyes8413
    @darwindelosreyes8413 Před 4 lety +2545

    Bosnia : I want to swim
    Croatia: *NO*

    • @iCEL55
      @iCEL55 Před 4 lety +61

      I wondered about that too, how unfair is that???

    • @joco8290
      @joco8290 Před 4 lety +316

      Bosnia actually has a small part of the Adriatic sea. The city there is called Neum.

    • @darwindelosreyes8413
      @darwindelosreyes8413 Před 4 lety +73

      @@joco8290 imagine having 98% / 2% on having the sea. Coz Neum beach only measured 2miles / 12 kilometers dumb useless

    • @iCEL55
      @iCEL55 Před 4 lety +53

      @AmeriKa1050 The Ustashe regime systematically murdered approximately 200,000 to 500,000 Serbs.The Ustashe cruelty and sadism shocked even Nazi commanders. Men, women, children were hacked to death, thrown alive into pits and down ravines, or set on fire in churches. Children were found impaled by stakes in villages. -Wikipedia.

    • @alicZd
      @alicZd Před 4 lety +5

      Tito: yes

  • @KatoTVcsgo
    @KatoTVcsgo Před 4 lety +1623

    *"Please reconsider your independence"* - Polite yugoslavs with tanks

    • @MA-cx9os
      @MA-cx9os Před 4 lety +43

      The reason why they send tanks is becouse slovenian Territorial Defense attacked yugoslav bases and outpost, they turned off electrcity,water to the families of officers of yugoslavian army who livde in slovenia, they even killed yugoslav soldiers on a border post while they were surrendering the camera was there from news from germany i think.

    • @Boyar300AV
      @Boyar300AV Před 4 lety +8

      Are you talking about Ukrainian army involvement in Donbass?

    • @MA-cx9os
      @MA-cx9os Před 4 lety +8

      @@Boyar300AV No, am talking about the break down of yugoslavia and the beginging in slovenia.

    • @slosova
      @slosova Před 4 lety +36

      @@MA-cx9os Not true.
      Barracks were attacked and power was cut down as retaliation after they send tanks on our streets and not earlier. Slovene TO did not attack YPA until they got out of barracks with tanks and infantry. That is the fact whether you like it or not.

    • @MA-cx9os
      @MA-cx9os Před 4 lety +4

      @@slosova Ofcorse yugoslav nacional army army of yugoslavia,slovenia were in yugoslavia so slovenian to attacking jna is seperatis attack and they should have kill all seperatist not widraw a legal force from a legal land l.

  • @gilbertfranklin1537
    @gilbertfranklin1537 Před 2 lety +30

    In May 2021 a channel called Knowledgia posted a 12-min video titled "Why did Yugoslavia Collapse", which I had just finished watching. Having now watched this video, I am very impressed with how much better this account of these wars are - especially with the accuracy and completeness of the events. The difference was so great that I simply must subscribe now. Thank you, WonderWhy! 😏

    • @IgnjatHorvath
      @IgnjatHorvath Před rokem +3

      The video "Why did Yugoslavia Collapse" is very faulty and shallow explanation of collapse of Yugoslavia. Any effort to explain divisions between Ex-Yugoslav nations and final collapse without any mention of Greater Serbia as an Serbian idea concieved around mid 19th century will result in very shallow and unsatisfactory explanation of subject. Also, video is containing bunch of ideas which are wrong, first of all, before Yugoslavila broke, Croats and Slovenes naver supported alleged separatism of Albanians at Kosovo autonomuos region, nor such idea existed before late 1990-es. Instead, only what existed at Kosovo region during Yugoslav federation were large birthrates among Albanian population, which resulted local Serbians suddently became minority, and became very anxious. When talking about Kosovo it is iportant to know Serbs consider the place as historical birth place of Serbian nation, this is another important reason they are anxious about fact they became minority. Furthermore, it is completely wrong idea the collapse of Yugoslavia started because Kosovo (and alleged Croatian and Slovene support of idea), it started exactly because of Serbian nationalism and expansionism led by Slobodan Milosevic, which tried to form Greater Serbia taking large parts of Croatian and Bosnian territory, commiting mass atrocities, ethnical cleansing of non Serbs, and all kind of war crimes. Video never mentioned fact, at beggining of 1990. Serbia led by Milosevic first spread huge fear among Croatian Serbs missusing history, also Yugoslav army dominated by Serbs gave local serbs abundance of heavy weapons, and local Croatian Serbs started rebelion against Croatia (very same Russia did at Donbas and Luhansk region in Ukraine). Also video never mentioned, Serbian tanks and thousands of soldiers crossed over Croatian border to invade Croatia, video never mentioned Vukovar, Croatian town at very border of Croatia and Serbia, that was invaded by Serbia after it was flattened with earth sa same as Mariuople in Ukraine. In Vukovar Serbian forces commited huge attrocities ranging from mass rape, mass murder, mutilation of people to arson and destroying historical buildings. Again you would understand subject much much better if you get known better with efforts of creation of Greater Serbia, which led not only to colalpse of second Yugoslavia but also to WW1 and creation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and all Serbian issues with their neighbours since second half of 19th century till today

  • @jorgesebastianmartineztruj6472

    Thanks for this video, I learned a lot!

  • @lucasacevedo3202
    @lucasacevedo3202 Před 8 lety +408

    I can already tell all the Serbs, Croats, Macedonians, Bosnians, and Albanians are going to flip shit over this.

    • @WonderWhy
      @WonderWhy  Před 8 lety +93

      +Lucas Acevedo Yup. I'm prepared. I tried my best to be as neutral as possible, but it's impossible to please everyone.

    • @lucasacevedo3202
      @lucasacevedo3202 Před 8 lety +23

      +WonderWhy Yeah. You did a pretty good job on it, but just like you said: you're always gonna shit in at least one person's Cheerios.

    • @Mattija94
      @Mattija94 Před 8 lety +24

      +Lucas Acevedo Nah, we won't..this is pretty much how it went down, all sides did very horrible things. Only people who'll flip are people fueled by nationalistic ideologies who think their peoples sacrifice is the biggest while others isn't. Even though I know that Kosovo and B&H are still ticking time bombs waiting to blast, I hope it all settles peacefully some day. May it never happen again.

    • @lucasacevedo3202
      @lucasacevedo3202 Před 8 lety +1

      +Mattija94 Indeed. I meant the nationalists in my comment, by the way. But you know what'll happen; a nationalist will find this and say Macedonians don't exist or Kosovo belongs to the Serbians or Bosniaks have no right to live or something like that's.

    • @Mattija94
      @Mattija94 Před 8 lety

      Yeah, I personally have family who have been involved in war from Serb side and I'm still not holding a grudge, so I don't understand these so call "nationalists", especially ones who don't even remember those days. It's easy to threaten one another and say certain stuff when you haven't been through that kind of stuff.Most of them were either too young to remember, or weren't even born. We have to much hatred between slavs these days, it shouldn't be spread on next generations..

  • @mitchellbrown5846
    @mitchellbrown5846 Před 8 lety +2051

    It's funny that the man who talked about "Brotherhood and unity" had the middle name Broz. " Hey man, let's be Broz"

    • @Shotwells
      @Shotwells Před 8 lety +53

      +Froid It's funny with Stalin. Stal is the Russian word for Steel so technically he could be called the man of steel.

    • @SuperMegaPeanut
      @SuperMegaPeanut Před 8 lety +68

      +Shotwells Also, here in Sweden, Superman is called Stålmannen, literally the man of steel, or the steel man. So there's an joke among Swedish communists, where Stalin is called Superman!

    • @mitchellbrown5846
      @mitchellbrown5846 Před 8 lety +3

      +Froid I didn't know that. Thanks :)

    • @michaelcooke1235
      @michaelcooke1235 Před 8 lety +60

      Broz Before Hoz

    • @EndrCat
      @EndrCat Před 8 lety +1

      +Mitch Brown lol

  • @corythacker671
    @corythacker671 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the video! That was a great recap.

  • @Senneeeuh
    @Senneeeuh Před 2 lety +1

    Great explanation. Crystal clear

  • @SoulArtSound
    @SoulArtSound Před 4 lety +835

    Believe me, this is short, simplified version.....

    • @waldensiansylph4869
      @waldensiansylph4869 Před 3 lety +27

      😂 and that's an understatement

    • @ZahdShah
      @ZahdShah Před 3 lety +43

      theres a 6 part bbc documentary. i watched part one and they havent even mentioned bosnia yet...

    • @meyoumovie
      @meyoumovie Před 3 lety +18

      Yeah, they forgot to mention Bill Killton illegally dropping depleted uranium bombs, they also forgot to mention Slobodan Milosevic was found innocent but they kept him in jail anyways until he died or was killed.

    • @kylevernon
      @kylevernon Před 3 lety +14

      meyoumovie You’re not 100% right. It was NATO that was responsible for the uranium bombings, not USA. US never declared a formal war.
      Milosevic wasn’t exonerated until 2016 which was years after his death or assassination. He was still on trial, which means he wasn’t guilty or innocent yet so it makes sense he was still in jail.

    • @manuele.itriagom.728
      @manuele.itriagom.728 Před 3 lety +1

      I believe you... But for people from the other side of the world. It's a good way to get interested.

  • @joekoz3815
    @joekoz3815 Před 3 lety +2096

    When growing up in Cleveland, no one said their nationality was Yugoslavian. You were a Slovene,Croat,Serb,etc. When the fighting began we were not at all surprised.

    • @joekoz3815
      @joekoz3815 Před 3 lety +101

      @Slaven Kripto Yes, a made up country.

    • @southp55
      @southp55 Před 3 lety +77

      Come to think of it, people in school would identify that way, except for my neighbours who always said they were Yugoslavians

    • @Exekutioncro
      @Exekutioncro Před 3 lety +10

      Most yugoslavs however still live in the US to this day :p

    • @Gorzaza
      @Gorzaza Před 3 lety +160

      @@joekoz3815 Lmao, all countries are "made up"! It was a federation not all that unlike todays EU. I remember being young and confused about how we can live in Slovenia and Yugoslavia at the same time. XD The reason for fighting was that with Titos death, there was nobody to keep nationalisms and various church patriarchs in check or provide common point of identification (he was half Croat, half Slovene, living in Beograd). Balkan peoples are old peoples, proud of their respective heritages with a strong faith, big temper and looooong memory. But who can blame them? A lot of healing has to take place here. A common Yugoslav state was acctully in my opinion a brilliant attempt to put all old hatreds to rest, too bad, people didnt listen!

    • @kylevernon
      @kylevernon Před 3 lety +60

      All countries created by a union or confederation of different cultures and religions will be like that initially. It’s called Sectionalism. It leads to massive problems and ends up harming the entire country as a whole.
      In the United States pre-civil war the state you lived in used to be considered more of an identity than a national identity. It’s the reason why secession was so easy for people to get on board with. Robert E Lee opposed slavery but the only reason he seceded was because he saw himself as a Virginian more than an American. Its understandable but quite dangerous.
      While I’m usually for independence, I have sympathy for the Serbians who simply wanted to keep their country together even through violence when NATO intervened. I can without a doubt say that if Europe got involved in the American Civil war things would have been very bad for the US and the world eventually.
      However I’m still going to side with the countries that wanted their independence from Yugoslavia because they were countries that have existed for hundreds of years. They had their own culture and they were forced together by the Serbia and the Western Allies in WW1 and then conquered by Germany in WW2, and then influenced by USSR.

  • @sedahmontix6006
    @sedahmontix6006 Před rokem

    great video! really informative!

  • @AndrewEvenstar
    @AndrewEvenstar Před 11 měsíci +5

    thanks so much for this video. went to Bosnia a few years ago and now in Belgrade. visited TITO"S grave a few days ago. this region is among my favorite in the world and always looking to study / learn more ! edit: wow, I guess I watched this in Bosnia, as I have already commented on this video 😅

  • @AndrejNikolov-xw2gi
    @AndrejNikolov-xw2gi Před 6 lety +2128

    Fun fact: Stalin sent many assasins to kill Tito but they were all discovered and sent home.Tito sent a letter to Stalin: Dear friend, don't send any more assasins or I will send one to Moscow and he won't need to be sent home.

  • @goblinkillahd8396
    @goblinkillahd8396 Před 3 lety +1289

    War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other. ~ Niko Bellic

    • @matejmihalik848
      @matejmihalik848 Před 3 lety +129

      THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY THAT SOMEONE HERE IS QUOTING NIKO FUCKING BELLIC LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL

    • @jacknasty6940
      @jacknasty6940 Před 2 lety +3

      That wasn’t Niko
      That Tony the neighborhood slow adult

    • @ronnyron4681
      @ronnyron4681 Před 2 lety +3

      With the help from the CIA made the conflict even more beautiful.

    • @cjhepburn7406
      @cjhepburn7406 Před 2 lety +2

      Nice Quote.

    • @drumyogi9281
      @drumyogi9281 Před 2 lety +58

      "Niko, this is your cousin Roman. Let's go bowling!" -Cousin Roman.

  • @zachboudreault2904
    @zachboudreault2904 Před 2 lety +7

    My dad fought in this war and been in many more causing him to have PTSD what you have said in the video and what he told me was pretty accurate but was a little different

  • @dafullclip
    @dafullclip Před 2 lety

    Very informative. Thanks

  • @ferratovic
    @ferratovic Před 4 lety +468

    Welcome to Balkans where we hate each other but still give 12 points during the Eurovision.

    • @katinthehat7655
      @katinthehat7655 Před 3 lety +66

      always, we might have had wars, but we don’t betray in eurovision

    • @sanschungus5496
      @sanschungus5496 Před 3 lety +15

      Sadly Eurovision is run by politics

    • @megg8566
      @megg8566 Před 3 lety +27

      We don't hate each other but when one group tries to suppress another, how can there be war. I am albanian and I have a very good Serbian friend. He is intelligent enough to understand that he cannot justify the oppression and the genocide that had been done. When acceptance happens, we can move forward and establish peaceful relationships.

    • @user-ts2ny8jg9d
      @user-ts2ny8jg9d Před 3 lety +7

      @@megg8566 same here, a lot of my hrvatski family still refuse to acknoledge some of the very bad things that happened in the past, but we cant solve the problem if we cannot accept the past first

    • @PoizonGirl.
      @PoizonGirl. Před 3 lety +5

      @@user-ts2ny8jg9d its the damn elite, or secret agendas. We never get told the truth. So the regular people blame and hate one another. yet both kinda got screwed.
      I feel like it's always a lie that gets told by some deceiver...
      Like currently. This time worldwide...
      We need to unite, when clearly they even make us distance so much so they force us a corona diagnoses some places?! Which means loss of rights... ur kids will be taken... according to the law they wanna pass. Right? Correct me if wrong, i wish i was wrong so much. At least in usa. Its called trace act 66 66 🦧🤷‍♀️🙃
      Unite!!!

  • @stup1db1tchlmao8
    @stup1db1tchlmao8 Před 4 lety +1173

    I’m from Balkan and I’m always interested in listening people from other countries speaking our names...😂😂

    • @planeflight1202
      @planeflight1202 Před 4 lety +38

      Zar ne? Smešno do besvesti kad ljudi pričaju slav imena.

    • @lukastefanovic5732
      @lukastefanovic5732 Před 4 lety +34

      Random Idiotical Vibes “Slobodan Milosević”
      “Franko Tućman”

    • @markoangelovski863
      @markoangelovski863 Před 4 lety +37

      *МАСЕДОУНИЈА*

    • @TrooperGamma421
      @TrooperGamma421 Před 4 lety +20

      I'm Brazilian and I don't know what which of this names means but I really like them!😂

    • @taulantmances9888
      @taulantmances9888 Před 4 lety +7

      You are from Balkans???
      What is your language

  • @yesir869
    @yesir869 Před 2 lety +5

    Love the accent my friend love your video from belgrade!

  • @Oblio1942
    @Oblio1942 Před 2 lety +15

    my grandma always told me everyone more or less got along under Tito when she lived in Serbia. Ethnic tensions were there, but it wasnt crazy and more or less everyone just got on. She left for America before the break-up, so I cant say on how it was in the 80s and 90s, but its really sad to see how our brothers and sisters had such a hard falling out

    • @pieceofjulysky
      @pieceofjulysky Před 2 lety +2

      @@haristhebosniaklion8584 and what's the point in revenge, you again want to arrange an internecine massacre between nations? Each of your peoples distinguished themselves in this, not only the Serbs. I, as a person from a country (Russia), where 27 million people were killed in World War II, I do not understand why stepping on the same rake

  • @100M2B
    @100M2B Před 5 lety +1542

    I'm glad that I don't have to take a history exam on this.

  • @lazar1132
    @lazar1132 Před 3 lety +2380

    I am half Bosnian and half Serbian and have family from every country of Yugoslavia and we get along very well and love each other. The biggest problem was nationalism, the politicians and media creating hate. The people actually like each other and get along very well.

    • @big7074
      @big7074 Před 3 lety +149

      Sounds like what’s going on America now

    • @cx_deeznuts_xx4581
      @cx_deeznuts_xx4581 Před 3 lety +120

      Yugoslavia used to be fine. You could travel anywhere without a problem my parents say. But I guess it’s different for everyone

    • @ElMartino23
      @ElMartino23 Před 3 lety +47

      If you were pro communism/socialism it was a FANTASTIC place to live. It was so fucking great actually my grandfather and grandmother fled in the 70’s and her brother fled to France.

    • @ivanjelenic5627
      @ivanjelenic5627 Před 3 lety +78

      there's still nationalism going around in most of croatia... (I'm croatian) it's really sad to see that people never learn. if you overlap the poorest and most nationalistic parts of croatia on the map, it's almost a 100% match. what's worse, the majority of the population is in those parts of croatia... so it's hard to move the country forward, because you can never win in elections.

    • @mishacol
      @mishacol Před 2 lety +20

      You know, the most bloody fights usually happen among relatives lol.

  • @FNJadePlxyz..
    @FNJadePlxyz.. Před rokem +15

    My whole family and I are Bosnians and I remember when I was a kid my grandpa would talk about Yugoslavia and how they split up because he was born in 1956 he would know lots about it. He talked the most about Tito because he was president during that time and he knew alot about him.

    • @mingisbbygrl
      @mingisbbygrl Před rokem

      Hey, what language do y’all speak in Bosnia? I’d like to learn it.

    • @basedserbian100
      @basedserbian100 Před rokem +1

      @@mingisbbygrl Serbian

    • @_jpg
      @_jpg Před rokem

      @@mingisbbygrl While some maybe try to claim otherweise, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian are a kind of dialect of Shtokavian, which represents the base of these languages spoken in this area. There are of course regional differences in pronounciation, scripture and vocabulary, but they are still very similar.
      As for the language spoken in Bosnia...probably all three of them, although Bosnian would most likely be your choice in this case.

  • @BtownFun
    @BtownFun Před 2 lety +1

    Makes my head spin trying to understand the dense history of this region 😵‍💫 but you did a good job summarizing! Coming from a Serbian-American

  • @adanoreyes
    @adanoreyes Před 5 lety +2517

    Yugoslavia would have an insane World Cup team if they stayed together :(

    • @sauronspadawan1512
      @sauronspadawan1512 Před 5 lety +199

      Nonsense, Croatia almost won the world cup...how is that not insane already??

    • @adanoreyes
      @adanoreyes Před 5 lety +316

      Sauron's Padawan well maybe with the help of dzeko, kolarov, pjanic, milinkovic-savic, oblak, savic, mitrovic, and so many others... they might of not only won this years World Cup but the ones prior.

    • @sauronspadawan1512
      @sauronspadawan1512 Před 5 lety +73

      Funny story bro. If u didnt know, today is a semifinal game between Croatia n Serbia at waterpolo eurocup. Croatia knocked out Montenegro in a faking clutch azz game before dat and Serbia eliminated Hungary. 3 world best waterpolo nations are Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro at the moment.

    • @khryz8181
      @khryz8181 Před 5 lety +30

      But they would not get as far as croatia did by themselves, with many different ethnic groups there wouldnt be as much communication and their would be fights within the team. On paper, sure they would have a great team, but in reality they would not due to ethnic problems

    • @SciakkaPRODUCTION
      @SciakkaPRODUCTION Před 5 lety +42

      Nationalist croatia loose the world cup, unite Jugoslavia would have won.

  • @Fizz826
    @Fizz826 Před 4 lety +1846

    If Marvel studios pick up these stories. They can make 25 more movies.

    • @KingAgniKai
      @KingAgniKai Před 4 lety +30

      Those shit movies will miles better then if DC made them

    • @nycuba7478
      @nycuba7478 Před 4 lety +37

      @King Brilliant If marvel movies are shit movies than they would still be lightyears ahead of DC's movies

    • @salviniusaugustus5541
      @salviniusaugustus5541 Před 4 lety +10

      How Sokovia broke up from Yugoslavia?

    • @TheRainbowBandit87
      @TheRainbowBandit87 Před 4 lety

      @Aizaz Aziz laughs I'm endgame and infinity war

    • @TheRainbowBandit87
      @TheRainbowBandit87 Před 4 lety

      @Aizaz Aziz I know it's just a joke joker was impressive

  • @maturetraveller5683
    @maturetraveller5683 Před rokem

    Very interesting explanation, thank you

  • @devvgraphics
    @devvgraphics Před 2 lety +10

    Yugoslavia was a big and strong country, but some forces wanted to take it down, and make many wars to separate it into weak contries while they hate each other, it's truly a disaster now all 6 countries are considered small and poor

    • @etche1897
      @etche1897 Před rokem

      You have no clue of anything, you are such a disrespectful ignorant. Take a visit to any South American country and you will see what is a poor country

    • @devvgraphics
      @devvgraphics Před rokem

      @@etche1897 We are poor for european standards. So im still right

    • @etche1897
      @etche1897 Před rokem

      @@devvgraphics not all of them. There are poorest countries in europe that weren't part of Yugoslavia

    • @devvgraphics
      @devvgraphics Před rokem

      @@etche1897 I didnt say we were the poorest. And even that was not my point

    • @etche1897
      @etche1897 Před rokem

      @@devvgraphics so to be more powerful you propose to reinstate Yugoslavia into a dictatorship?

  • @siopao8137
    @siopao8137 Před 4 lety +531

    “... but everything changed when Tito died”

  • @vbacs22
    @vbacs22 Před 7 lety +1802

    "The Breakup of Yugoslavia"? *grabs popcorn, STRAIGHT TO THE COMMENTS!

    • @Anakin66x
      @Anakin66x Před 7 lety +28

      thats what i thouth lmao

    • @roguegrowler5922
      @roguegrowler5922 Před 7 lety +38

      the best and most realistic comment 😂

    • @urmasice3385
      @urmasice3385 Před 7 lety +7

      During the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. serbs wanted their claims made at Treaty of London 1915. for Greater Serbia, but Allies said that if Yugoslavia isnt made, they will retain AustroHungary. So they accepted unity with croats. What is interesting, France offered Serbia Madagascar for keeping Habsburg monarchy.

    • @vbacs22
      @vbacs22 Před 7 lety +5

      Urmasice
      As a Hungarian myself, I must say I'm not fond of those Paris conferences at that time.

    • @mannshah518
      @mannshah518 Před 7 lety

      Yup.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 2 lety +21

    While North Macedonia didn't have to deal with war against the Yugoslav military, they still had to deal with an Albanian insurgency in 2001. This resulted from the Macedonian government banning both the use of the Albanian language and the Albanian flag. The ethnic Albanians wished to secede from North Macedonia and this insurgency lasted for over nine months. A ceasefire which gave the Albanians greater rights ended the conflict in November of that year and thus ending all the Yugoslav Wars

    • @haristhebosniaklion8584
      @haristhebosniaklion8584 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey buddy, It really is not my fault that i am ugly to most;) ;) and that many girls,mostly Bosniak girls hurt my feelings by telling me how ugly i am,you know very well what was done to them in the Aggression on Bosnia.......btw(Kosovo Is Not Serbia )........ ✌️

    • @kevinking2380
      @kevinking2380 Před 2 lety

      Lol Kim Jong un are you leader of North macedonia and where is South Macedonia.... It's only one country Macedonia

    • @bananamen2316
      @bananamen2316 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kevinking2380 Greece stole South Macedonia ;(

    • @TheMRJGREATJ
      @TheMRJGREATJ Před rokem +2

      Not totally true, democratic albanian parties actively took part in the Parliament before 2001 and ethnic rights were gonna come democratically, that was not the main reason of the start of the 2001 insurgency. In 1999 kosovo war got so much out of hand, Macedonia with US collaboration allowed shelter of 400k albanian refuges almost 1/4 of it's population, but at the same time there were illegal paramilitary units crossing into macedonian territory and organising a new liberation front, their first and only goal at the beginning was to make greater albania.

    • @alexandrosonassis3436
      @alexandrosonassis3436 Před rokem

      Mr KIM there is no such state as "north macedonia" this is Slavalbanians who do not wish to be called as Macedonians. Macedonians, and you Koreans must know this well, are Greeks

  • @Aleksamson
    @Aleksamson Před rokem +6

    Watching this from Slovenia, this was factual and surprisingly neutral, very unbiased take.

  • @ChickenDelivering
    @ChickenDelivering Před 5 lety +1225

    Austria-Hungary
    Yugoslavia
    Czechoslovakia
    What's next?

    • @denisdralec1993
      @denisdralec1993 Před 5 lety +531

      EU , I hope.

    • @amelgicic7588
      @amelgicic7588 Před 5 lety +201

      @@denisdralec1993 Why EU? It would affect your life because the EU's economy makes up a big chunk of the world.

    • @denisdralec1993
      @denisdralec1993 Před 5 lety +300

      @@amelgicic7588 EU is just a way to make it easier for globalists to control things...impose their agenda...they just make it mandatory for all member states to obey, massive immigration for example. Economy ? Dude...nobody can stop European countries to trade as they did before the globalist project known as EU. I don't like what's going on in France, Sweden, Germany....I don't want our politicians to follow their lead.

    • @krunobrzi666
      @krunobrzi666 Před 5 lety +147

      EU is next.

    • @gavriloprincip9969
      @gavriloprincip9969 Před 5 lety +192

      UK

  • @psychorabbitt
    @psychorabbitt Před 3 lety +450

    Tito: *dies*
    Slovenes and Croats: COWABUNGA IT IS

  • @svhoecke
    @svhoecke Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you!

  • @fbomb3035
    @fbomb3035 Před 2 lety +4

    There should be a series about this it would be a banger

  • @luka9259
    @luka9259 Před 7 lety +1113

    If Yugoslavia reunited today... Next day: Everyone wants independence.

    • @motis1837
      @motis1837 Před 6 lety +29

      Pretty much

    • @arthurcabral9561
      @arthurcabral9561 Před 6 lety +20

      Just like the Spanish civil war. He promised the people bread, then flew bombers over the city dropping thousands of tiny loaves of stale bread with a note held with a rubber band around each one.

    • @almightytrollgod
      @almightytrollgod Před 6 lety +8

      +Luka Gaming Official I would rather slit my own wrists and bleed out then reunite again.

    • @sangaperezgimenez6717
      @sangaperezgimenez6717 Před 6 lety +4

      Arthur Cabral ohh shit that reminds me of catalonia

    • @bidoofdidoof6600
      @bidoofdidoof6600 Před 6 lety +32

      I miss Yugoslavia

  • @hellothere589
    @hellothere589 Před 3 lety +695

    Guys as someone from a Yugoslavian country believe me when I say this Is the simplified version

    • @michaelregis1015
      @michaelregis1015 Před 3 lety +44

      Jesus, this is simplified? My God.

    • @lianborgiademedici1016
      @lianborgiademedici1016 Před 3 lety +21

      @@michaelregis1015 of course it is

    • @legendserb1559
      @legendserb1559 Před 2 lety +25

      @@michaelregis1015 this you can consider like entry level of understanding break up of Yugoslavia

    • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261
      @mirjanamilosavljevic4261 Před 2 lety

      😂😭very stupid video ,

    • @putler965
      @putler965 Před 2 lety +3

      @@michaelregis1015 The BBC did a great documentary that's on CZcams - The Death of Yugoslavia.

  • @levkavcic1722
    @levkavcic1722 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm slovenian and when i was in 5.class we got new student. He was from bosnia and their family came here for better life.

  • @dustin7907
    @dustin7907 Před 2 lety

    I really liked this presentation it was a very balanced review of the break up of Yugoslavia

  • @pluto9919
    @pluto9919 Před 4 lety +607

    Every single kid on Balkan struggles with history bc of this

    • @mima6000
      @mima6000 Před 4 lety +17

      Its not true

    • @Michael-ny6tg
      @Michael-ny6tg Před 4 lety +19

      @@mima6000 True, I live in bosnia and its trueeee xD

    • @TheJudge064
      @TheJudge064 Před 4 lety +9

      @@mima6000 every kid who has had a world history class suffers because of this.

    • @autonomas8083
      @autonomas8083 Před 4 lety +8

      I'm well educated about these wars and they weren't as complicated as people make it out to be

    • @CJ-nn9tu
      @CJ-nn9tu Před 4 lety +1

      i struggle m u c h

  • @justinv588
    @justinv588 Před 4 lety +352

    I was thinking while watching this, "Damn, am I slow? I'm having trouble following this". I feel better after reading the comments.

    • @dreamer3776
      @dreamer3776 Před 4 lety +7

      Justin Valderrama, I felt the same while listening about this mersless bloody madness of serbs. Nevertheless the vidio is great. Like & respect to the author.

    • @waldensiansylph4869
      @waldensiansylph4869 Před 3 lety

      Exactly

    • @Butmunch666
      @Butmunch666 Před 3 lety +3

      @@dreamer3776 The serbs werent merciless bloody madmen, this account is not the full story. The full story is just way more fucked up.
      But in general the serbs wanted to keep their power, keep yugoslavia together, and there were forces outside that wanted to stop it.
      This also combines with all of the internal divisions that were always there and they just got boosts from outside forces. The balkans were a convenient war. A war they liked. That they wanted and that they got.

    • @mislavivkovic9996
      @mislavivkovic9996 Před 3 lety

      Bcs you just cant

    • @nnn-ej3zm
      @nnn-ej3zm Před 3 lety +1

      If you wanna know what happend watch this: m.czcams.com/video/waEYQ46gH08/video.html&has_verified=1
      Real life footage, documents of USA and NATO and interviews with former agents.

  • @mekingtiger9095
    @mekingtiger9095 Před 2 lety +3

    I came here trying to understand better about the Yugoslav Wars and I finished this video knowing even less than I knew before as I discovered this whole deal is as convoluted as a Metal Gear Solid plot.
    Thanks.

    • @dustsky
      @dustsky Před 2 lety

      And we were told that multiculturalism is bliss...

    • @mingo7929
      @mingo7929 Před rokem

      This is the most american comment ever

  • @franciskhoury4288
    @franciskhoury4288 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this making very educational summary. By the way, in the graphic at 7:29, you mean to use the word "secede" rather than "succeed".

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie Před 3 lety +547

    Reason: due to political instability
    Comments: to prevent a godlike football team

    • @tuga_ace
      @tuga_ace Před 2 lety +37

      Or basketball team

    • @blackmercury956
      @blackmercury956 Před 2 lety +35

      Imagine if Yugoslavia never broke up.
      The team that would have played the 2018 world cup consist of: Modric, Rakitiç, Milisovic-savic, Mitrovic, Pjanic, Skrna, Vida, Oblak, omggg

    • @arizonad8012
      @arizonad8012 Před 2 lety +2

      @@tuga_ace Or almost every other sport in fact. :)

    • @VidZeen
      @VidZeen Před 2 lety

      Or basketball. Holy shit. Average height over 2m :)

    • @aisuryavinayakdas5171
      @aisuryavinayakdas5171 Před 2 lety

      @@blackmercury956 add vlahovic,ilicic,jovic,kolarov,kolasinac,
      Kovacic,vrsaljko,perisic,mandjukic

  • @wyattrichardson6237
    @wyattrichardson6237 Před 5 lety +874

    I work at a restaurant in Canada, one of my bosses is a Serb who immigrated here due to the war, she thought war was “ridiculous” and thinks other Balkan countries are great, she described it as “we’re all the same people anyway..”.

    • @brankojapanac4138
      @brankojapanac4138 Před 5 lety +24

      Tell him he's a coward..

    • @denisdukaj
      @denisdukaj Před 5 lety +273

      Tell Branko he has no idea what a coward is. Apparently escaping a literal WAR that was basically a SLAUGHTERFEST and wishing for peace makes you a coward

    • @lunjaricafunjarica5532
      @lunjaricafunjarica5532 Před 5 lety +52

      Branko Djordjevic krivo mi je sto si Srbin. Svojim iskazom nam bas dajes los epitet

    • @brankojapanac4138
      @brankojapanac4138 Před 5 lety +6

      @@lunjaricafunjarica5532 I meni je isto krivo sto si Srbin izdajica

    • @lunjaricafunjarica5532
      @lunjaricafunjarica5532 Před 5 lety +34

      Branko Djordjevic izdajica jer koristim lepe reci? Pa uzmi recnik neki, prosiri malo vokabular. Ne dozvoli da za Srbine stalno pricaju kako smo seljaci i prostaci. Izdigni se iznad drugih i pobedi

  • @cimerej
    @cimerej Před měsícem

    Thank you for putting this video together. It certainly feels like it was intended to provide actual historical information. This is in contrast to many videos on this subject that are predominantly designed to spew propaganda.

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688 Před 2 lety

    Good presentation!

  • @borisdam1432
    @borisdam1432 Před 4 lety +1358

    There is one very important ingredient missing here: western interests

    • @AskarisLegacy
      @AskarisLegacy Před 4 lety +110

      But have you ever wondered WHY it is western interest? The west understands that if it isn't there, then the Russians will be. Its just realist doctrine.

    • @NikolaAvramov
      @NikolaAvramov Před 4 lety +79

      @@AskarisLegacy Because Rothschilds and Rockefellers have to rule the world.

    • @NikolaAvramov
      @NikolaAvramov Před 4 lety +82

      @Sean
      Colonial interests.
      All our resources are being robbed by G7 countries ever since NATO colonized the place.

    • @NikolaAvramov
      @NikolaAvramov Před 4 lety +73

      @Sean
      Also - "overpopulate" is an idiotic notion.
      Yugoslavia is a bigger landmass than Britain and it had 22 million people.

    • @jasonclarke6194
      @jasonclarke6194 Před 4 lety +54

      @@NikolaAvramov I have to agree, the Slavs don't overpopulate. Not one Slavic nation is overpopulated, more Slavs please. Stupid comment by Sean.

  • @DuleVideos
    @DuleVideos Před 2 lety +1460

    As someone from Balkan country (Serbia), this is pretty objectively and decentralized. You weren't taking sides and that deserves respect.

    • @sasazapadnik9335
      @sasazapadnik9335 Před 2 lety +34

      @salim soltan Why Albanians killed Serbs in Kosovo?

    • @perica1553
      @perica1553 Před 2 lety +3

      @@sasazapadnik9335 true.

    • @perica1553
      @perica1553 Před 2 lety +24

      @salim soltan we didn't kill anyone in Kosovo, in fact, they are killing us Serbs.

    • @illyrian3057
      @illyrian3057 Před 2 lety +54

      @@perica1553 How LMAO? We did not kill not even 1 Srb

    • @perica1553
      @perica1553 Před 2 lety +8

      @@illyrian3057 that's a straight up lie, Albanians living in Kosovo are getting out of control. There was a boy beaten up just cause they heard him speak Serbian.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 2 lety +15

    Americans: Man, the 90s were a great decade with all the music, movies, and Nick game shows! Don't ya agree?
    The Balkans: *flashbacks*
    While the rest of the world are all the grownups at the adult dinner table...the Balkans are the kids table

  • @toni-kaku
    @toni-kaku Před rokem +4

    They split up so that they could vote for each other in the Eurovision song contest.

  • @BalkanBallMapping69
    @BalkanBallMapping69 Před 3 lety +495

    When someone explains the balkans:
    The balkans: Peace was never an option

    • @Joe_Mama661
      @Joe_Mama661 Před 3 lety

      *hjonk*

    • @killerboogybl8541
      @killerboogybl8541 Před 3 lety +4

      Is that a personal attack or something!?

    • @cx_deeznuts_xx4581
      @cx_deeznuts_xx4581 Před 3 lety +1

      I mean when Yugoslavia was a thing you could travel everywhere without a problem and everyone was fine.

    • @thepescompany3388
      @thepescompany3388 Před 2 lety +2

      Yugoslavia is not the balkans is a part from the balkans

    • @gari7450
      @gari7450 Před 2 lety

      now look at what condition you're living in was it rly worth it ? it was for few corrupt people that make money of war but for the rest you got fucked. greetings from slovenia

  • @TheKirbyT
    @TheKirbyT Před 5 lety +376

    And in 2004, a kid in North Carolina did a report on Yugoslavia, and that sparked a love of slavic languages and politics that lasted through college and into his job as a translator for Serbia in the UN.

    • @a916LEX
      @a916LEX Před 5 lety +15

      The Kirby T is that you? I also love the Slavic languages !!!!!

    • @WatchmanofMKDN
      @WatchmanofMKDN Před 5 lety +4

      Alexis M Macedonians kiril and metodi created the Macedonian alphabet in Macedonia in the 8th century. Then 3500 Macedonian missionary’s spread the Macedonian alphabet and slav orthodox religion in a Macedonian language even all the way up to Russia.
      The Macedonian language is the root of all slavic languages and it has been recorded in history that the language the Macedonians spoke in medieval times (10th century) was similar to the language of Alexander the Great.

    • @thanospappos1078
      @thanospappos1078 Před 5 lety +3

      @@WatchmanofMKDN hahahahahahahahahhahah

    • @WatchmanofMKDN
      @WatchmanofMKDN Před 5 lety +2

      Vollzer I just searched the definition of “barbarian” and this came up. The TRUE definition if barbarian!!!
      The word barbarian was used originally by the Greeks to refer to any non-Greek: Egyptians, Persians, Indians, Celts, Germans, Phoenicians, Etruscans, Macedonians, Carthaginians, Vikings, Goths - all of these became known as barbarians. The ancient Greek word βάρβαρος (bárbaros) meant “babble
      😄😄😄😄🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

    • @WatchmanofMKDN
      @WatchmanofMKDN Před 5 lety +3

      Vollzer use some common sense and stop believing fantasies.
      If Macedonia was Greek, it would’ve never been mentioned separately in history.

  • @kelvinkoopman9386
    @kelvinkoopman9386 Před 9 měsíci

    Way to state the facts and avoid bias, very hard to find videos about this topic that are not incorrect or biased.

  • @terrilandis4561
    @terrilandis4561 Před 2 lety

    Wow! I'll have to watch this a few times to understand. So complicated.

  • @piyushkumardas2015
    @piyushkumardas2015 Před 3 lety +781

    Oh man I am a South Asian and we've hundreds of ethnic groups and languages living in within a country but this is something intense.

    • @Abcdefg-rk8jk
      @Abcdefg-rk8jk Před 3 lety +134

      In India many states have their own language. I think fighting the British for independence made them more united

    • @SloveintzWend
      @SloveintzWend Před 3 lety +100

      You don't really understand Slavic nature. We absolutely enjoy killing each other until somebody conquers us. Imagine that: you speak the same language, yet you're of different ethnicity, of course, there will be a conflict.

    • @SloveintzWend
      @SloveintzWend Před 3 lety +77

      @@Browndwarff Yet Pakistan seceded from India... Religion is a mess I tell you... Sometimes it's good that you speak a different language, stupid people can't argue as much - language barrier.

    • @risheshbhat3848
      @risheshbhat3848 Před 2 lety +62

      @@SloveintzWend that's because of incompatibility of Islam wherever they go! We have more than 22 officially recognised languages and thousands of ethnicities in India. With culture, people, language changing ever 10 km. Can you beat that!

    • @SloveintzWend
      @SloveintzWend Před 2 lety +17

      @@risheshbhat3848 Donno why, but It seems my last comment was erased... Wonder why?... But ll' tell it again, there's no significant difference between Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, or Montenegrian... All the same language... It's not political, it a common bloody sense.

  • @aparson2967
    @aparson2967 Před 3 lety +312

    I hired a guy from Serbia in Utah.
    He spoke perfect english, and was funny as f with one liners. He drove a shuttle for the hotel I was managing.
    One time a 500 lb woman crashed through a chair and her husband said they were going to sue the hotel for "weak chairs" in the room.
    The Serb response was that "The chairs are made of wood, not stone."
    That guy made me laugh.

    • @masond7573
      @masond7573 Před rokem +7

      😆

    • @DT-mw3ge
      @DT-mw3ge Před rokem +6

      This made me laugh 😂😂😂

    • @Aleksamson
      @Aleksamson Před rokem +15

      Those one liners that made you laugh are so called "Serbian humour" I know Albanians and Croatians who are "mortal enemies" supposedly and they will say (or admit) there's nothing funnier than Serbian humour.
      The nature of those one liners is: that it's not about telling a joke, necessarily. Often or usually it's spontaneous and it's more like dropping a comment. In passing. Out of frustration or admiration or whatever the situation. (calls for :) )
      Sometimes translations don't work -have no effect. Not b/c of linguistic barrier. It's about mentality, temperament, culture...when you hear it in Serbian you fall off your chair -laughing. But when you say it in English - nothing is there, funny is just gone, lost...unfortunately.

    • @DT-mw3ge
      @DT-mw3ge Před rokem +4

      @@Aleksamson I'm Serbian so I understood and found it funny 😂 This isn't a Serb joke though, he said it in a spontaneous way and it is just a comment but has a funny meaning behind it. 😊😊👋👋

    • @solid9999fine
      @solid9999fine Před rokem +2

      Haha!! Well done!! 😂😂😂

  • @sMansGuitars
    @sMansGuitars Před rokem

    Thank Heaven for subtitles.

    • @haristhebosniaklion8584
      @haristhebosniaklion8584 Před rokem

      As a Bosniak , much love to the Serbian women and girls out there.(❤️❤️). We did not forget about the war crimes and what was done to thousands of Bosniak women and young girls.(✌️) I am more angry and not that sad and let’s not forget Srebrenica. Kosovo is not Serbian ,Serbs need to stop the crying and realize no more having fun for them as they did 1992-1995.

  • @traudlgoring
    @traudlgoring Před rokem

    complicated topic, well explained

  • @bojanobreza2243
    @bojanobreza2243 Před 4 lety +826

    As a Slovenian, i can say we were very lucky we had only 10 day war. We drew a long stick in that war.

    • @1bojanb
      @1bojanb Před 4 lety +20

      This video is bullshit, he said Slovenia population is so and so and mostly ethnic, hahaj, half of Bosnia moved there prior to the war, I think that there is at least 70% bosniaks and Serbs and Croats that make up population of Slovenia

    • @Overlysalted
      @Overlysalted Před 4 lety +108

      @@1bojanb Slovenes count as 83% of total population. Serbs and Bosniaks and Croats together are about 4 percent.

    • @kapaderos4983
      @kapaderos4983 Před 4 lety +2

      remind of archaic city states, when they killed between towns, some millenia ago...

    • @salviniusaugustus5541
      @salviniusaugustus5541 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kapaderos4983
      They are not even "ethnic" slavs. They just speak slavic languages but are not real slavs like Russians or Poles.

    • @davorinkuhar6932
      @davorinkuhar6932 Před 4 lety +67

      @@salviniusaugustus5541 what is this nonesense?

  • @Jayfive276
    @Jayfive276 Před 8 lety +570

    Balkans gonna Balkan.

    • @Kassap.72
      @Kassap.72 Před 8 lety

      Balkan

    • @Jayfive276
      @Jayfive276 Před 8 lety +55

      Froid Indeed. My wiki-fu is strong: "Balkanization, or Balkanisation, is a pejorative geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or uncooperative with one another."

    • @Farisss92
      @Farisss92 Před 8 lety +1

      +Iam1and 1isme True but what's done is done, you can't force the Croats, Slovenes and Bosniaks to leave their religions.

    • @Farisss92
      @Farisss92 Před 8 lety +1

      +Iam1and 1isme And Yugoslavia does not equate Orthodox, just because they're not Orthodox anymore doesn't mean they're not Slavs anymore.

    • @huntersi1
      @huntersi1 Před 8 lety

      +MANTLE Why ?
      To be trearen like slaves ?

  • @faceguy4599
    @faceguy4599 Před 2 lety

    Nice vid🌞

  • @samkoz2045
    @samkoz2045 Před rokem +3

    Im from the balkans and listened to what happened and why all my life …and still have no idea how to explain it to someone when they ask me

  • @KarimAlKharsa
    @KarimAlKharsa Před 4 lety +148

    The test review: American history
    The test:Balkan history

  • @chernousstripus1846
    @chernousstripus1846 Před 5 lety +1027

    tito didn't left the tutorial how to lead the country.

    • @comrademartinofrappuccino
      @comrademartinofrappuccino Před 5 lety +13

      That is likely bescause tito did not predict that the soviet union would collapse or he had a hidden agenda

    • @chernousstripus1846
      @chernousstripus1846 Před 5 lety +71

      @@comrademartinofrappuccino holD up *cough* yugoslavia wasn't soviet puppet

    • @comrademartinofrappuccino
      @comrademartinofrappuccino Před 5 lety +5

      @@chernousstripus1846 have i sayed they were a soviet sattelete state? they traded with the soviet union that is why

    • @arya6085
      @arya6085 Před 5 lety

      @@chernousstripus1846 I get that, I just don't understand why they would go communist unless they were forced to. They had just had they're country ripped to shreds by extremests, did they really think going the other way would do any good? Or is there something I'm missing?

    • @chernousstripus1846
      @chernousstripus1846 Před 5 lety +14

      @@arya6085 they've gone communist because the ethnics would be equal (no domination or special role)
      even some 'communists' turned to nationalism after tito's death(Franjo Tuđman for example;first president of today's croatia)

  • @matik0701
    @matik0701 Před 2 lety +11

    Some older folks might say it was Heaven on Earth in Yugoslavia (during Tito's time). It was .. if you kept your head down, your eyes shut wide, never asked for freedom of speech, never asked for freedom of vote, never said anything against the dictatorial KPJ (Communist Party of Yugoslavia), never said a thing about national or ethnical identity, didn't practice any kind of religion, didn't want any kind of expressional liberty, etc. In other words, if you were a simple blue-collar worker (that didn't want to practice religion or anything else in life, exept for work, home, family, and a simple lifestyle) minding your own business (of course without anything to say or ask about politics) you could live happily in Yugoslavia, and you had enough money and opportunity to buy everything your simple lifestyle wanted.

    • @remi609
      @remi609 Před rokem +2

      Well you actually could practice religion as long as you didn't want to be a member of the party, the people didn't really want elections, they weren't necessary if the government was good as it was back then. And most people nowadays don't talk about political parties in their day to day life so it isn't really difficult to just not say shit about the KPJ

  • @globe_throtter_1843
    @globe_throtter_1843 Před rokem +1

    I still remember back then when bunch of our army were sent to Bosnia to join a peacekeeping mission. Hundreds of Bosniak family were brought to our country for a new start. ❤ from Malaysia 🇲🇾

  • @franostroski2361
    @franostroski2361 Před 3 lety +832

    Imagine us Croats/Serbs/Bosnians writing a history exam about this 🤢

    • @apsifox5874
      @apsifox5874 Před 3 lety +52

      Make a lecture about why nationalists are scum and their opinions shit before tanking the exam then the results will be different.

    • @bosnia4ever5
      @bosnia4ever5 Před 3 lety +99

      As long as they are not in the same class, everything will be fine 😁

    • @minjajovanovic6501
      @minjajovanovic6501 Před 2 lety +7

      It's actually very easy

    • @skyline2601
      @skyline2601 Před 2 lety +27

      One thing is for sure, every teacher will grade it differently based on their beliefs.

    • @Nico-nh8db
      @Nico-nh8db Před 2 lety +10

      I know someone who didn't know shit for a history test and just wrote the teacher a cookie recipe, she got a 10.

  • @darko.v
    @darko.v Před 8 lety +155

    As someone from Macedonia with great interest of history, but someone that hasn't lived in those times, I agree with the facts presented in the video, being objective and including all sides. Kosovo part is still a mess but I hope that it's going to be resolved soon. And thank you for calling us "Macedonia".

    • @K0ndylis
      @K0ndylis Před 8 lety +27

      +:Darko
      FYROM :)

    • @okiedokie56
      @okiedokie56 Před 8 lety +5

      +:Darko Greece

    • @MrEmGera
      @MrEmGera Před 8 lety +7

      +:Darko Why you should thank someone for calling you Macedonia? If you truly believed it you shouldn't care about how the others call. But ok, I understand, Alexander spoke Greek and not Slav, I myself would have doubts for my national identity.

    • @okiedokie56
      @okiedokie56 Před 8 lety +11

      Macedonia is Greek and Bulgarian land

    • @okiedokie56
      @okiedokie56 Před 8 lety +7

      Aleksandar Todorović Yes.

  • @VdWck
    @VdWck Před 3 měsíci +1

    My first memories of international news was the Balkans War, around 1993~1994.
    I visited these countries in the recent years. Great places.

  • @sugarskulllyfe5890
    @sugarskulllyfe5890 Před 2 lety +1

    watching this really helps me understand how eastern europe does "politics". what seems like crazy proposals and alignments negotiations

  • @ls200076
    @ls200076 Před 3 lety +1436

    Bruh, look at Croatia. They just yoinked the whole coastline.

    • @imsrose4321
      @imsrose4321 Před 3 lety +246

      Us Bosnians can’t go for a swim now

    • @mihaelajukic1314
      @mihaelajukic1314 Před 3 lety +175

      @@imsrose4321 we left you a part....we liked you...we took everything else😂

    • @Mahdio
      @Mahdio Před 3 lety +81

      italians wanting the illyrian coast:
      *its free real estate*
      please let us into balkans

    • @mihaelajukic1314
      @mihaelajukic1314 Před 3 lety +34

      @@Mahdio no thank you...we are fucked up as it is...I don't think we could actually handle some country that is actually doing okey😂

    • @Mahdio
      @Mahdio Před 3 lety +3

      Mihaela Jukić well hey, we aren't doing the best either lmao

  • @bunney3272
    @bunney3272 Před 8 lety +1523

    Other interesting topics:
    Cyprus
    South China Sea
    West Germany, East Germany, Austria and the lost eastern territories
    China and Taiwan
    Breakup of the USSR

    • @delabarcel
      @delabarcel Před 8 lety +7

      Another one would be Irak or Afghanistan

    • @patrickwienhoft7987
      @patrickwienhoft7987 Před 8 lety +5

      +George the Kafir China and Taiwan is covered in "How many countries are there?" briefly.
      Also as a German I'd like to see the German history on this channel, just for an outside pov ^^

    • @bunney3272
      @bunney3272 Před 8 lety +12

      +Patrick Wienhöft
      I find it interesting how it is seldom mentioned about what happened to Germany after WW2, such as expulsion of ethnic Germans from the eastern territories.

    • @helloworld0911
      @helloworld0911 Před 8 lety +10

      The Troubles is a good one to do.

    • @brado1912
      @brado1912 Před 8 lety +8

      I definitely want to see the break up the USSR. I still don't understand it

  • @KantiGymBro
    @KantiGymBro Před 2 lety +3

    My father was about 20 (perfect age for military) when the war broke out, and to my luck he had relatives in switzerland (e.g my uncle or my aunt) and could take refuge there. But after the serbian nationalists in bosnia and croatia werent now fully brought into connection with belgrade and the people serbia itself (=he wouldnt have been forced to participate in the wars) he was able to return and go on in life, and 15 years later im thankful for having been born or else i couldve never written this comment

  • @abdulahkokic3583
    @abdulahkokic3583 Před 2 lety +2

    It's sad that a lot young peaple in balkan still have the same mindset like those peaple who started all this (not targeting any Nation) we need to change and start working on future we have peace on land but we need to find peace in hart