 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1990, zvichitevera kukundwa musarudzo kwehurumende yeSocialist Republic yeCroatia, kusawirirana kwemadzinza kwakawedzera. Mauto eYugoslav Peoples Army Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija JNA akabva atora zvombo zveCroatias Territorial Defense Teritorijalna obrana kuitira kudzikisira kuramba. Musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu, kusawirirana kwakakwidziridzwa kuita kupandukira pachena kwevaCroatian maSerb, kwakanangana nenzvimbo dzine maSerb mazhinji munzvimbo yeDalmatia kumashure kweKnin, zvikamu zveLika, Kordun, Banovina uye kumabvazuva kweCroatia. Mushure mekuedza kusingabudirire kweSerbia, yakatsigirwa neMontenegro uye mapurovhinzi eSerbia eVojvodina neKosovo kuti vawane mvumo yehutungamiri hweYugoslav yekuendesa JNA kuti ibvise mauto ekuchengetedza eCroatia muna Ndira 1991, uye kurwisana kusina ropapakati pevapanduki vechiSerbia nemapurisa chaiwo eCroatia muna Kurume, JNA pachayo, ichitsigirwa neSerbia nevabatsiri vayo, yakakumbira hutungamiri hwenyika kuti hupe masimba ehondo uye kuzivisa mamiriro ekukurumidzira. Chikumbiro chacho chakarambwa musi wa 15 Kurume, uye JNA yakauya pasi pekutonga kweMutungamiri weSerbia Slobodan Milošević. Milošević, achisarudza mushandirapamwe wekuwedzera Serbia pane kuchengetedza Yugoslavia, akatyisidzira pachena kutsiva JNA neuto reSerbia uye akazivisa kuti haasisiri kuziva chiremera cheFederal Presidency. Tyisidziro yakaita kuti JNA zvishoma nezvishoma isiye zvirongwa zvekuchengetedza Yugoslavia mukuda kuwedzera Serbia. Pakupera kwemwedzi wacho, kurwisana kwacho kwakanga kwawedzera kusvika pakufa kwevanhu vokutanga. JNA yakapindira kudivi revapanduki, uye yakavhiringidza mapurisa eCroatia kuti asaite chiito. Mukuvamba kwaApril, vatungamiriri vekumukira kwevaSerb muCroatia vakazivisa chinangwa chavo chokubatanidza nharaunda iri pasi pesimba ravo, inoonekwa neHurumende yeCroatia senharaunda yakaparadzana, neSerbia. 