Vukovar Flashcards
When was the Battle of Vukovar?
How long did the seige last?
August - November 1991
Lasted 87 days
Where is Vukovar?
Eastern Croatia
Who beseiged Vukovar?
The Yugoslav People’s Army
Supported by various parlimentary forces from Serbia
Why was Vukovar a ticking time bomb amid the rise of nationalism in the break up of Yugoslavia?
Had a large ethnic mix - Croats, Serbs, other ethnic groups
Who in particular began pursuing natinalist politics?
Serbia’s President Milošević
Croatia’s President Tuđman
Who mounted an armed militia in 1990?
What did they seize?
Croatian Serb militias
Seized control of Serb populated areas of Croatia
How did the seizing of Serb-populated areas spiral into battle?
The Yugoslav People’s Army began to interfere in favour of the militias
Vukovar was the first what?
Major European town to be entirely destroyed since WWII
When Vukovar fell, how many were:
Massacred?
Expelled?
Then?
Several hundred soldiers and civilians were massacred
At least 31,000 civilians were expelled
Then most of Vukovar was ethnically cleansed
Vukovar today?
Ethnic divisions remain
When was the Vukovar massacre?
20th November 1991
What was the Vukovar massacre?
Croatian prisoners of war and civilians killed
Largest massacre of the war
