Holocaust
The former Yugoslavia experienced a series of political wars between different ethnic groups during 1990s that claimed more than 130 000 lives (Ramet, 2005). The main reason for the wars in this region was as a result of inter ethnic conflicts due to unresolved political issues regarding the control of the federation that consisted of republics such as Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. Each of the republics was aiming to be independent and this resulted to wars between the ethnic groups. During this period the boarders of Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo were drawn based on historical line as well as ethic line. Each of these republics were being governed and ruled by their own communist party although federal government was in control of all the republics within the region. The Croatia war was experienced between 1991 and 1995 (Ramet, 2005). This war was between the forces of Croatia that were loyal to the government of Croatia and the Serbs living in Croatia. This war ensured as a result of the demand by the Croatia to have a sovereign country and leave Yugoslavia while the Serbs in Croatia resisted the move. The Bosnia war occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. The war was between the forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina on one side and Bosnia Serb and Bosnia Croat on the other side. This war also came up as a result of breakup of former Yugoslavia. The republic of Bosnia was aiming to be independent state and this was rejected by the Serbs in Bosnia hence leading to war that ended up claiming numerous lives (Ramet, 2005). In Kosovo the war was as a result of the unclear constitutional status between Yugoslavia and Kosovo. The war in Kosovo occurred in 1998 until 199. This war was between the federal Republic of Kosovo that was controlled by Kosovo and the Albanian in Kosovo lead by a group named Kosovo Liberation Army (Ramet, 2005). This war was aimed at making Kosovo to be an independent state. The different interest between the ethnic groups within Kosovo eventually led to war that claimed numerous lives. Reference Ramet, S. P. (2005). Thinking about Yugoslavia: scholarly debates about the Yugoslav breakup and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. Cambridge University Press
