2: The Road to War | The Death of Yugoslavia

Duration: 49'00''

Synopsis

In August 1995, President Tudjman of Croatia swept 150,000 Serbs out of the Krajina region of former Yugoslavia. He and the Serb leaders he fought against describe how the Serb rebellion that began in Croatia in 1990 led to war in Yugoslavia.

Further Information

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BBC Two | 1989 | 48'47''

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