▁Part isan ▁leader ▁Marsh al ▁Jos ip ▁Bro z ▁T ito ▁established ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Federal ▁Republic ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁a ▁Commun ist ▁state ▁which ▁last ed ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁post - war ▁Eastern ▁European ▁Commun ist ▁state ▁which ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁the ▁Red ▁Army . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁writer ▁Ev ely n ▁W augh , ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁convert , ▁ad vised ▁the ▁British ▁Foreign ▁Office , ▁and ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁XII ▁that ▁T ito ▁" th re at ens ▁to ▁destroy ▁the ▁Catholic ▁faith ▁in ▁a ▁region ▁where ▁there ▁are ▁now ▁some ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁C athol ics ." ▁According ▁to ▁Ph ayer , ▁" even ▁before ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁T ito ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁sett le ▁the ▁score ▁with ▁the ▁U sta š a , ▁which ▁meant ▁with ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁as ▁well , ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁close ▁relations ▁between ▁the ▁two ." ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁T ito ' s ▁Part is ans ▁ret ali ated ▁against ▁the ▁Catholic ▁cler gy ▁for ▁their ▁perce ived ▁or ▁actual ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁U sta še . ▁By ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁at ▁least ▁four teen ▁pri ests ▁had ▁been ▁killed ; ▁by ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 6 0 ▁pri ests ; ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁ 2 7 0 ▁pri