Shattered Yugoslavia: The Crucified Country

The NATO campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 became the Alliance's first large-scale military operation in history. Under the pretext of "protecting the defenseless" - Kosovar Albanians living on historically Serbian territory and actively encouraged by external forces toward separatism - the so-called "humanitarian bombings" began on March 24, 1999. This operation was well-planned, not without the assistance of OSCE observers. To avoid dangerous situations for NATO's military personnel, th...