Background and Formation
Along with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this foreign empire ruled over the Balkans for centuries and spread Islam throughout the region.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This is how devastating WWI was for Serbia specifically — the country lost this fraction of its male population.
What is one quarter?
This is how many republics made up Socialist Yugoslavia
What is 6?
This is what happened to the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires as a result of WWI, making the creation of Yugoslavia possible.
What is they collapsed (or fell)?
This communist Partisan leader led the resistance against the Axis occupation in WWII and later founded Socialist Yugoslavia.
Who is Tito?
This event in 1980 triggered Yugoslavia's economic and political decline and set the country on a path toward breakup.
What is "the death of Tito"?
When the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was founded, this ethnic group's monarch ruled it and held major political influence.
What are the Serbs?
During WWII, this group occupied Yugoslavia and committed genocide against Serbs, Jews, and other minorities.
What are the Axis powers?
The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s were fought mainly in these two regions.
What is "Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina"?