A History Of | Yugoslavia

2. The Second Yugoslavia: Socialist Federal Republic (1945–1992)

1. The First Yugoslavia: Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) A History of Yugoslavia

Tito established a communist state but famously broke away from Stalin’s Soviet Union in 1948. A History of Yugoslavia

Josip Broz Tito led the Partisan resistance against the Nazis and became the country’s undisputed leader. A History of Yugoslavia

After Tito died in 1980, economic crisis and rising nationalism (led by figures like Slobodan Milošević) began to pull the federation apart.