The Death of Yugoslavia is a BAFTA-award winning BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995. It covers the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. It is notable in its combination of never-before-seen archive footage interspersed with interviews of most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, the then President of Serbia. Norma Percy won the 1996 BAFTA TV Award for 'Best Factual Series' for the documentary. However, it has been argued that it presents a potentially slightly biased point-of-view; for instance during the trial of Milošević before the ICTY in The Hague, Judge Bonomy called the nature of much of the commentary "tendentious" (partisan).
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Serbs in Croatia feel threatened by Croatia's newly elected President and they begin a Log Revolution. In 1991, Croatia holds an independence referendum. The Battle of Vukovar is the first major battle in the Croatian War of Independence.
After the death of Josip Broz Tito, rising nationalism grips Yugoslavia. This is exacerbated after Slobodan Milosevic takes power in Serbia and turns against the Kosovar Albanians.
Slovenia and Croatia soon declare their independence and ask for international recognition. But Belgrade (the capital of both Serbia and Yugoslavia) does not see it this way because this means the collapse of Yugoslavia.
Croatia recaptures most of the territory of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Bosnian Serb forces commit massacres. NATO forces the Bosnian Serbs to return to negotiations. The Dayton Agreement effectively ends the Bosnian war.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
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