World War II, like all other major historical events, brought about changes in the Balkan ethnic map. In all territories occupied by any Balkan state since the fighting began, the Nazis insisted upon carrying out the “final solution,” the mass extermination of Europe’s Jewish population (see...
At times the creation of independent statesexacerbatedethnic problems. The complexities of the ethnic map made it impossible to draw state boundaries that entirely coincided with ethnic divisions and thus created minority problems that were to plague the region for generations. There was a further comp...
The Balkans A map of the Balkans on the eve of World War I, showing recent territorial changes and the extent of Ottoman rule The Balkans is a large European peninsula located between four seas: the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Aegean. Prior to World War I, the ...
2 Comments “The general sat, and the lines on the map…” Today, as the world little noted nor long remembered, was the 620th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. According toAFP,“no incidents were reported during the ceremony”held by Serbian pilgrims and officialsnearthe battlefield that...
Map of Belgrade, 20th century but not exactly sure (This is for P and S and M and all Dorćol buddies and kafana-dwellers): GAVRILO PRINCIP, Serbian “revolutionary” or really short, skiny, poor kid from Herzegovina, who shot Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 and sup...