Was established in 1918.The constituent six Socialist Republics :

FR Bosnia and Herzegovina FR Croatia FR Macedonia FR Montenegro FR Slovenia FR Serbia

and two Socialist Autonomous Provinces of:

Vojvodina Kosovo

FRAGILE MULTINATIONAL STATEFRAGILE MULTINATIONAL STATE WAS NOT CAPABLE TO COPE WITH WAS NOT CAPABLE TO COPE WITH

ASPIRATIONS OF ALL PEOPLE LIVING ASPIRATIONS OF ALL PEOPLE LIVING THERETHERE

RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC END RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC END

THE BREAKUP OF SOCIALIST FEDERAL THE BREAKUP OF SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

WAR ON ITS WHOLE TERRITORYWAR ON ITS WHOLE TERRITORY

Started with the Croatian and Slovenian successions

1991. they declared their independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Their example followed the

FR Macedonia FR Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Kosovo

Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina are ethnic Croats living in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

They are the third most populous ethnic group in the country, after Bosniaks and Serbs.

They are one of the constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

They are native ethnic group of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as their presence there dates back to the 7th century.

Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina have made significant contributions to the culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina Their mother tongue is Croatian, and most identify as Roman Catholic.

The number of people killed during the war was close to 100,000

The number of people displaced was over 2.2 million Those declared missing are being investigated by International Commission on Missing Persons

This makes Bosnian war the most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of World War II.

The most serious consequences of the War were in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian war was most brutal and lasted the longest:

1. October,1991. - 14. December, 1995.

The war in Bosina resulted in emigration problems, resettlement and material damages.

Emigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina are different from other emigrants throughout history.

They had to leave absolutely everything they had owned at that moment.

Mass migration forced by the Bosnia war was the largest migration in Europe since the World War II.

Most of the people emigrated to western Europe states: Austria, Germany and those from the frontier provinces to Serbia and Croatia.

Today there are less and less Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina

They still strive to further emigration prompted by a difficult economic situation in the country and the political scene.

There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the Bosnian War.

Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of its Croats move to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or to Croatia.

It is estimated that there are approximately 571,317 Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, down from 835,170 before the war.