Josip Broz Tito loved dogs. Although people may not have known that before World War II, they certainly realized it after as photos of him with his omnipresent canine companions circulated throughout Yugoslavia and the world. And if it weren’t for a dog, Yugoslavia may never have existed. Or, at least, not the Yugoslavia that …
- June 8, 2020
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Within the thousands of pictures the world has of Yugoslavia’s apex leader Josip Broz Tito are many, many photos of the Yugoslav leader in various poses and situations with his pet dogs. Tito was well-known as an animal lover. During his time in leadership, other world leaders would send exotic beasts of all types to …
- May 20, 2020
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From fairy tales and legends of ancient warriors to a history of rescuing the Christian world, we will bring to life the influences that shape an ethnicity. Truth is lost between history and belief The alphabet. The religion. The tragedies. the glory. The Slavic world is often an enigma to the west, …
- July 9, 2023
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Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one with a bomb and another with a rifle… If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow; and I won’t have to send a second. — message from Tito to Stalin found on Stalin’s desk after his death. In the …
- June 2, 2021
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They entered the Embassy of Yugoslavia in Stockholm at 09:45 on 7 April 1971. By 10:35 it was all over. The 1971 attack on the Yugoslav Embassy was the second such incident on a foreign delegation in 1971’s Sweden. The first incident also targeted the Yugoslavs, and took place on 10 February in Gothenburg at …
- May 28, 2021
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Groups like uMkhonto we Sizwe and others struggling against colonialism and post-colonialism needed weapons for their struggles and, more importantly, training. While a lot of this came from the Soviet bloc, many liberation movements were less-than-eager to jettison one colonial overlord in the west for one in the east. It was into this gap …
- May 21, 2021
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The letters began flying furiously back and forth on 27 March 1948. Instead of seeking a friendly agreement with the Soviet Government on the question of military advisors, the Yugoslav military leaders began to abuse the Soviet military advisors and discredit the Soviet Army. It was clear the situation was bound to create an atmosphere …
- March 26, 2021
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Miroslav Krleža was a communist who had been kicked out of the Communist Party. He was a friend of Tito who had not fought as a Partizan during World War II. He signed the Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language, but in the 1930s convinced many southern slavic youth of …
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Thus the day would come when Tito and his henchmen in the course of all sorts of savage accusations and slanders against us would openly publicize one of their most absurd and unscrupulous claims – the claim that they – the Yugoslavs – had allegedly formed the Communist Party of Albania! –Enver Hoxha in his …
- March 19, 2021
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