The Ten-Day War was a brief military conflict between Slovenia and Yugoslavia in 1991 following Slovenia's declaration of independence. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Background

Following the death of communist dictator Josip Tito in 1980, underlying ethnic, religious, and economic tensions within Yugoslavia began erupting and dividing the country. Jump to: navigation, search Marshal Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito listen [▶] (May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the leader of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1987, Serbian nationalist Slobodan Milosevic became president of Serbia, the largest and most populous of the six Yugoslav republics. The more prosperous republics of Slovenia and Croatia resented subsidizing the rest of the country. Also, the predominantly Roman Catholic Slovenia and Croatia resisted the political dominance of Orthodox Serbia. Slovenia held a referendum on independence on 23 December 1990 that passed with 88% of the vote. Slovenia and Croatia each declared their independence on 25 June 1991. Jump to: navigation, search 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Slobodan Milošević. ... Jump to: navigation, search Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  â€“ Density  7. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска православна црква; SPC, SOC) is a body of some 11 million Orthodox Christians united under the Serb Patriarch who includes Archbishop of Peć and Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci in his title. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Conflict

After securing its border crossings on 27 June, Slovenian forces took control of Yugoslav military bases on its territory, capturing roughly 2300 soldiers. The Yugoslav People's Army sent tanks into Slovenia and bombed Ljubljana's airport. Fighting stopped on 6 July after fewer than 100 casualties when Yugoslavia moved its forces into Croatia to fight that country's independence movement and to defend the large population of ethnic Serbs living there. With Croatia as a buffer between it and Serbia, Slovenia was able to maintain its independence and quickly became the most stable and prosperous of the former Yugoslav republics, eventually joining the European Union as an independent country on 1 May 2004. Jump to: navigation, search June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... The Yugoslav Peoples Army (Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska narodna armija, JNA, Slovene Jugoslovanska ljudska armada) was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Tromostovje (Tromostovje) and Franciscan church (Frančiškanska cerkev) in baroque style in the back Ljubljana (IPA ), German Laibach (), Italian Lubiana () is the capital of Slovenia, situated on the outfall of the river Ljubljanica into the Sava, in central Slovenia, between the Alps and the Mediterranean. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• History of Slovenia
• Yugoslav Wars