Croatia
Croatia is an independent state, the Republic of Croatia. It was one of the six Socialist Republics constituting the Federal Republic of 'Yugoslavia in the constitution of 1946, on the renewed independence of Yugoslavia after the Second World Wae. After the death of Tito in 1980 and the consequent fissiparous strains on Yugoslavia, Croatia declared its independence in 1991. This was opposed by the Yugoslav People's Army and various Serbian forces in the Croatian War of Independence, which lasted till 1995. In 1992, the EEC and the UN recognized Croatia. After a cease-fire that year, the front line was entrenched, he United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFORa) was deployed, and fighting became sporadic until two major Croatian offensives in 1995 won Croatia the victory.
When the Axis forces occupied the Balkans during the second world war, they established the Independent State of Croatia. This was led by the Ustaše movement which sought to create an ethnically pure Croatian state - an essentially fascistic political programme.
