Slavic, Germanic and Latin are the three major nations in Europe, and they are also one of the shapers of European history. However, within the Slavic nation, it can be roughly divided into three ethnic groups, namely, the Eastern Slavs represented by Obuchi, the Western Slavs represented by Portjes and the Yugoslavs composed of Slavic ethnic groups in the Balkans.

The green part is Yugoslav.

The establishment and demise of the Yugoslav state

In A.D. 1878, Serbs who were originally under the rule of the Ottoman Empire gained independence with the help of Russia. After World War II, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which originally occupied Croatia and Slovenia, was defeated and collapsed, and Czechoslovakia also gained independence. 19 18, these three ethnic groups formed the kingdom of Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia together with Montenegro, which gained independence earlier but had a relatively small scale, and other Yugoslav ethnic groups that had been occupied by Austria-Hungary. 1929, the kingdom was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 194 1 year, the Nazis invaded yugoslavia and the kingdom of yugoslavia perished. Later, Croatian Tito led Yugoslavia to launch guerrilla warfare against Germany in various parts of Yugoslavia, and finally forced Germany to withdraw its troops in 1945, and the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was established. 1963, the name of Yugoslavia was changed to Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.