World War I

It began with the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, in Sarajevo. The act was carried out by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the secret organization "Mlada Bosna" (Young Bosnia), whose aim was Bosnia's independence from Austro-Hungary. This was but a formal excuse for an invasion of Serbia, resulting from its rise in regional prominence and the clashing interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and Czarist Russia in this area.

As perhaps never before in its history, the Serbian nation displayed resolve and heroics in defense of its country, and as such it became a wartime ally of France, Britain and America.

World War II

In reality, it manifested itself as a combination of two parallel conflicts: one a struggle against the Nazi and other fascist forces that had occupied the country, and the other the internecine warfare among forces loyal to the Monarchy under the leadership of general Draza Mihailovic, and those of the Communists, backed by the USSR.

Following a larger deal between the Great Powers, Yugoslavia fell in to the Soviet sphere of influence. As a result, the Comumunists prevailed in this power struggle, though ultimately more so through outside influences than popular support.

Yugoslav Civil War 1991-1995

The civil war in Yugoslavia was the end result of a disintegrating Communist system, and the ensuing reevaluation of the world powers' interests. Yugoslavia fell apart along its internal boundaries, as defined by the Communists in 1943 (which quickly became internationally recognized), thus breaking up the Serbian national corpus in three. Furthermore, this war reopened the unhealed wounds of the monstrous crimes committed by fascist Croats and Muslims during World War II.

More than half a million Serbian refugees, major parts of Bosnia and virtually an entire Croatia ethnically cleansed of Serbs - all results of this war.

Kosovo crisis 1999

It began in 1998, in the Serbian province of Kosovo, and ended in 1999 with the NATO aggression on Serbia and Montenegro.

World powers, primarily US and Britain, encouraged and supported the separatist movement among Kosovo Albanians, and later used the alleged Serbian crackdown on it as a pretext to unleash their bombing campaign.

Kosta Brandic Archives

Serbian Democratic Movement, 1990-2000

Current Developments

Current developments in Kosovo

Video Material

Various Documentary Videos