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Under the constitution and laws of SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav People's Army was a part of the armed forces with the Territorial Defense as the joint armed forces of all working people and citizens of Yugoslavia. The main task of the Yugoslav People's Army was to protect the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and social ...
Once considered the fourth strongest army in Europe with 140,000 active troops and million reserves, in 1991, at the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars the ground forces were organized in four military regions. The First, Third and Fifth corresponded to the three field armies of the ground forces.
The Yugoslav People's Army is a function of the defense needs of a medium size state and the political needs of a communist regime attempting to unite a multiethnic society. Yugoslavia has been a dividing line between the Soviet and Western blocs since 1948 and has had to struggle to defend its position as an independent state in the world ...
The Yugoslav People’s Army was designed to repel invasion, and, as part of its strategy, it used the geographically central republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a storehouse for armaments and as the site of most military production.
Belgrade appears to use the former Yugoslavia's nationwide command and control system for communicating with Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.Belgrade has invested heavily in redundant, secure communica-tions, a capability that only a sustained Western attack could degrade.
The main states which formed the new Kingdom were the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs; Vojvodina; and the Kingdom of Serbia with the Kingdom of Montenegro. The creation of the state was supported by pan-Slavists and Yugoslav nationalists.
1 mar 1991 · Civil war remains a distinct possibility in Yugoslavia. Although tensions have ebbed and flowed in recent weeks, deep ethnic divisions, economic weakness, political paralysis, and senior army leaders' skepticism about. -. democratization continue as firm features of the political landscape.
