<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isikhathi sikaMajor njengoNdunankulu saqondana nokuwa kweYugoslavia nempi eyalandela eBosnia naseHerzegovina nezingxenye zaseCroatia. Ukungezwani phakathi kwama-republic ase-Yugoslavia kwakukhula kusukela ekufeni kukaMongameli uJosep Broz Tito ngo-1980, okwandiswa ukungaqiniseki kwezombusazwe okubangelwa ukuwa kobuKhomanisi kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Yurophu esikhathini sika-1989-1991. NgoJune 1991 kokubili iSlovenia neCroatia zamemezela ukuzimela; kuyilapho uhulumeni omkhulu waseSerbia eBelgrade evumela iSlovenia ecishe ibe nobunye ukuba ihambe ngemva kwempi emfushane nje  <response>: , isimo saseCroatia, izingxenye zaso ezazinenani elikhulu lamaSerb, sasiphikiswa kakhulu. I-EU, ngenxa yokuphikelela kweJalimane, yaqaphela ukuzimela kwalezi zizwe ezimbili ngoDecember 1991. Kwaqubuka impi phakathi kweSerbia eholwa yizwe likaSlobodan Milošević neCroatia eholwa nguFranjo Tuđman esifundeni esinabantu abaningi baseSerbia esifundeni saseSlavonia enyakatho-mpumalanga yeCroatia, okwenza ukuthi i-UN ithumele ibutho lokugcina ukuthula i-UNPROFOR. Kodwa-ke ukulwa okunzima kakhulu kwenzeka ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwenkululeko yiBosnia neHerzegovina ngaphansi kukaMongameli u-Alija Izetbegović ngo-Ephreli 6, 1991; inani labantu base-republic yasezintabeni lahlukaniswa phakathi kwamaSerb aseBosnia, amaCroat aseBosnia kanye namaSulumane aseBosnia noma amaBosnia, kwaqubuka impi yombango enkulu phakathi kwabo, namaCroat aseBosnia kanye namaSerb aseBosnia asekelwa nguTuđman noMilošević ngokulandelana. Impi yahlasela iYurophu nezwe lonke ingalindele, futhi izithombe ezishaqisayo zamakamu ezithunjwa zempi ezinye ezazifanisa namakamu okuhlushwa amaNazi, ukugeleza okukhulu kwababaleki nemikhankaso yokuqothulwa kohlanga kwaqala ukusakazwa emhlabeni wonke, okwaholela emizamweni yokungenela. 