Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Poljana and Odžak: The Last Battles in Europe in World War II" video.

  1. From http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-16/news/9201050384_1_croatia-cease-fire-european-nations "*The European move, and follow-up actions elsewhere, are expected to put pressure on the United States to grant recognition* , even though it has been opposed to such a step at this time. The U.S. fears that recognition could endanger the current cease-fire in the war between Serbia and Croatia and cause the war to spread to Bosnia-Herzegovina" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Yugoslav_breakup 19 December 1991: Germany announces that it will recognize Croatia on January 15, 1992, with or without the rest of the European Community. 23 December 1991: Germany becomes the first major power to recognize Croatia and Slovenia as independent states 15 January 1992: The European Community recognizes Slovenia and Croatia. Without NATO(and U.S.),Germany and Austria would have done it alone and we would have another WW1 i.e. Russia would have taken on Germany and Austria as in WWI.
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