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Name: Republic of Slovenia

Type: Polity

Start: 1991 AD

End: 2022 AD

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Is a country in Central Europe. In June 1991, Slovenia became the first republic to split from Yugoslavia.

Establishment


  • June 1991: Secession of Slovenia from the Yugoslavian federation.
  • June 1991: A unit of the Yugoslav People's Army (YPA)'s 306th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, based in Karlovac, Croatia, crossed the Slovenian border at Metlika.
  • June 1991: By midnight on 27 June Yugoslavia had captured all of the crossings along the Italian border, all but three crossings on the Austrian border and several of the new crossing points established along Slovenia's border with Croatia.
  • June 1991: The border crossing at Holmec was captured by Slovenian TO forces.
  • June 1991: YPA-held border crossings at Vrtojba and Šentilj fell to the Slovenian forces.
  • June 1991: Slovenian forces seized the strategic Karawanken Tunnel.
  • June 1991: The entire YPA garrison at Dravograd - 16 officers and 400 men, plus equipment - surrendered, and the garrisons at Tolmin and Bovec also fell to the Slovenians.
  • July 1991: The Slovenian army mounted successful attacks on border crossings at Šentilj, Gornja Radgona, Fernetiči and Gorjansko, overrunning them.
  • July 1991: With a ceasefire now in force, the two sides disengaged. Slovenian forces took control of all of the country's border crossings, and YPA units were allowed to withdraw peacefully to barracks and to cross the border to Croatia.
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    1. Yugoslav Wars


    Were a series of independence wars and insurgencies that resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia.

    1.1.Ten-Day War

    Was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991.


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