The Death of Yugoslavia: The Road to War 2/6

In April 1990, Croatia holds its first free parliamentary election. Ethnic Serbs in Croatia feel threatened by the nationalist tone of Croatia’s newly elected President Franjo Tuđman and they begin a Log Revolution in August 1990. On 19 May 1991, Croatia holds an independence referendum, which is approved by a wide majority. The Battle of #Vukovar of August 1991 is the first major battle in the Croatian War of Independence. A BBC documentary screened on the 10th September 1995. Creative Commons licence. #Formeryugoslavia #Yugoslavia #war