![]() ![]() President-for-Life Josip Broz (better known as Tito) died in 1980. In the 1980s, Yugoslavia's communist rule began to weaken. After the Axis forces were finally forced out, Yugoslavia was reborn as a communist state. Yugoslavia faced hardships during the Second World War and battled occupation for years. Its diverse population had various ethnic and religious groups with a long history of tense relationships. Some of the Slavic states in the Balkan Peninsula merged to form the new country of Yugoslavia. The nation of Yugoslavia emerged after the First World War which collapsed the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They worked to restore peace and security to the people there.Īfter the breakup of Yugoslavia, the international community began peace support missions in the war-torn Balkans. As of 1991, tens of thousands of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members joined these missions in the Balkans region of southeast Europe. These new countries arose from the ashes of the former country of Yugoslavia. Canadians served in European Community, United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization missions in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. ![]()
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