Tito's Yugoslavia

Croatia were part of Marshal Tito’s Yugoslavia, a socialist federation.

Zagreb and Adriatic coast are a dreamland for holidays in the Mediterranean

surroundings .

Green parks, fountains, avenues of trees and flowers are impressive sights

throughout the city.

Historically,  the Ottoman Empire had been predominant in Bosnia, Serbia and

Herzegovina.  It was replaced by European powers, resulting in Austrian-

controlled Bosnia and  Russian patronized Serbia.

During 1914 a Serbian  nationalist assassinated the heir to Austro-Hungarian

throne while he was being honoured at a reception.

This set a chain of diplomatic events that raised the scale of conflict among

many nations bound by alliances.

What was considered to be a limited battle between the accuser and the

accused (Austria-Hungary  vs. Serbia) soon escalated into the beginning of

World War 1.

After World War 2, Tito was a unifying force that brought unity among the six

Yugoslav  nations. As an authoritarian  dictator,  he successfully controlled their

nationalist aspiration and promoted brotherhood.

Even when deemed a controversial figure, he was a unifying force that brought

unity among these nations.

Thus he was the chief architect of a united Yugoslavia which lasted from the

end of World War 2 to 1991.

Tito was also one of the first to defy Soviet domination and followed an

independent approach to socialism, called national socialism.

He gained international attention in doing so and became a leader of the Non-Aligned

Movement, co-founded with Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, India's Jawaharlal

Nehru, Indonesia's Sukarno and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah,

In an action called The Initiative of Five,  he established strong ties with third

world countries and became the first Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned

Movement in September 1961.

All of these achievements of Tito helped improve Yugoslavia's position

internationally.

His successful diplomatic and economic policies fostered the economic boom of

the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia.