The History of Yugoslavia

The History of Yugoslavia from the 18th Century to the present, chronicling its formation, life, and death.

Episode 52.5 - The Albanians of Kosovo 11/18/2024

Episode 52.5 - The Albanians of Kosovo A supplemental episode discussing the class, kinship and ethnic dynamics in Kosovo in the centuries and decades leading up to World War II. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/33976027

Episode 52 - The Greater War Part II: Occupation and Partition 05/28/2024

Episode 52 - The Greater War Part II: Occupation and Partition After the rapid conquest of Yugoslavia by the Wehrmacht and its allies, the Axis powers set about carving the country up between themselves. (credit for the map to ) Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/31500977

Episode 51 - The Greater War Part 1: Invasion 04/19/2024

Episode 51 - The Greater War Part 1: Invasion Sorry I've been gone for so long, but I'm back! Today, we see World War II in Yugoslavia finally begin, as the Nazis invade. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/30907783

Update 10/30/2022

Update Just to let you all know I am still alive, and yes, I will be getting back to the podcast! Also, sorry about the bad acoustics, I'm currently in a different apartment. /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/24845127

Episode 50 - Ask Me Anything 03/05/2022

Episode 50 - Ask Me Anything Sorry for the long delay between episodes! Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/22351415

Episode 49.5 - An Interview with Stevan Bozanich 09/18/2021

Episode 49.5 - An Interview with Stevan Bozanich In today's episode, I chat with Chetniks expert Stevan Bozanich about the history of the famous/infamous Serb nationalist paramilitary movement. Stevan's and profiles Episode 50 will be the AMA episode – please send me your questions! Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/20520074

Episode 49 - Coup and War 07/28/2021

Episode 49 - Coup and War Between 1939 and 1941, Yugoslavia tried to stay out of the war engulfing Europe. They failed. Episode 50 will be the AMA episode - please send me your questions! Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/19963325

Episode 48 - Sporazum 05/04/2021

Episode 48 - Sporazum In 1939, the long-desired solution to the Croatian Question finally seemed to be at hand. Just hope there aren't any World Wars coming which might wreck it. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/18979703

Episode 47 - War on the Horizon Again 02/23/2021

Episode 47 - War on the Horizon Again In October 1934, Prince Paul took over the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at its lowest point, meaning the only way was up. Right? Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/18067787

Episode 46 - Assassination Round 3: Regicide 12/03/2020

Episode 46 - Assassination Round 3: Regicide In October 1934, King Alexander decided to make a state visit to France, Yugoslavia's closest ally. He would not come back alive. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/17047682

Episode 45 - The Dictatorship Struggles On 10/11/2020

Episode 45 - The Dictatorship Struggles On In late 1931, King Alexander decided to relax his dictatorial rule a little. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/16359305

Episode 44.5 - An Interview with Christian Kurzydlowski 07/25/2020

Episode 44.5 - An Interview with Christian Kurzydlowski In the 1930s, Dimitrije Ljotić emerged as one of Nazi Germany's staunchest advocates - and later, one of its most willing collaborators - in Yugoslavia. Today, I sat down with an expert on Ljotić, Dr Christian Kurzydlowski, to chat about the strange life of the man. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/15351374

Episode 44 - Royal Dictatorship 06/17/2020

Episode 44 - Royal Dictatorship King Alexander was convinced that his people all loved him, and that all he had to do to prove it was sweep aside the politicians in the way. It turned out not to be that simple. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/14865863

Episode 43.6 - A Panel Discussion on Interwar Yugoslavia 05/10/2020

Episode 43.6 - A Panel Discussion on Interwar Yugoslavia So, a few weeks ago, me and a few others got together to have an online chat about the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and why it didn't work out that well. As you do. Featuring: Dora Vrkić - @DoraVrkic Damir Sakic - @SakicDamir Bronwyn Scott-McCharen - @BronwynScottMcDavide Denti - @DavideDentiTucker Jones - @tuckcomatusDomagoj Babić - @DomagojBabi1Shanker Satyanath - @ShankerSatyana1 Emma Hatto Hope you enjoy it. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/14361491

Episode 43.5 - An Interview with Joe Tripician 04/18/2020

Episode 43.5 - An Interview with Joe Tripician I sat down for a chat with Joe Tripician, the man once commissioned to write the official biography of Croatian President Franjo Tuđman - until his research turned up some not so flattering things about what Tuđman had done during the Yugoslav Wars... Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/14040677

Episode 43 - The End of Yugoslav Democracy 03/15/2020

Episode 43 - The End of Yugoslav Democracy After Radić's death, Yugoslavia's parliamentary system, never the most stable, began to collapse. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/13553387

Episode 42 - The Slav Kingdom in Interwar Europe 12/23/2019

Episode 42 - The Slav Kingdom in Interwar Europe Today, we take a look at what Yugoslavia's neighbours have been up to. A clue: it's a lot. /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/12509348

Episode 41.5 - An Interview with Chris Klimovitz 11/12/2019

Episode 41.5 - An Interview with Chris Klimovitz Today, I chat with Chris Klimovitz, an expert on Albanian history, about the history of Yugoslavia's small neighbour to the Southwest up to the end of the interwar period. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/12013928

Episode 41 - Assassination Round 2 09/12/2019

Episode 41 - Assassination Round 2 In 1928, the political crisis in Yugoslavia reached a boiling point it would not be able to return from, as blood was spilled on the Parliament floor. (To clarify, there is no Round 1, you haven't missed an episode, this is just the second major assassination of the narrative). Their email for PayPal donations: [email protected] Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/11229746

Episode 40 - Corruption and Gridlock 08/14/2019

Episode 40 - Corruption and Gridlock In 1925, Yugoslavia's two great rivals, Stjepan Radić and Nikola Pašić, finally buried the hatchet and formed a government together. Then they remembered why they hated each other in the first place, and the government got nothing done. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/10886371

Episode 39.5 - An Interview with Aleksandar Brezar 07/22/2019

Episode 39.5 - An Interview with Aleksandar Brezar Recently I sat down with Aleksandar Brezar, co-host of the Sarajevo Calling podcast on politics and current affairs in the Balkans. Hope you enjoy our conversation. NB: For some apps the length of this episode is for some reason coming up as around 4 hours. This is incorrect - it is only 40 minutes. I'll deal with this glitch as soon as I can, but don't worry, there's no missing content. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/10471100

Episode 39 - Parliamentary Horsetrading 07/08/2019

Episode 39 - Parliamentary Horsetrading With the 1921 Constitution passed, would Yugoslav politics be able to settle down? Of course not. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/10444214

Episode 38 - The Constituent Assembly 04/02/2019

Episode 38 - The Constituent Assembly Any hopes that Yugoslavs would come together to write a consensus constitution for their newly united state were swiftly dashed. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/9244841

Episode 37 - The 1920 Elections 03/14/2019

Episode 37 - The 1920 Elections In November 1920, Yugoslavs chose 419 deputies to represent them in a Constituent Assembly. Their choices were quite a surprise. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/8997680

Episode 36 - The Parties 02/11/2019

Episode 36 - The Parties In today's episode, we rattle through the various political parties set to compete for power in the newly united Kingdom - as well as those who want to tear the whole thing down.... Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/8608568

Episode 35 - A New Country 12/25/2018

Episode 35 - A New Country After a long delay, here at last is the new episode! Today, we discuss the early foreign policy of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the internal measures taken to make unification a reality. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/8039924

Episode 34.5 - An Interview with John Paul Newman 11/18/2018

Episode 34.5 - An Interview with John Paul Newman Today I talk to Dr John Paul Newman of Maynooth University about his book, , and the divisions within interwar Yugoslav society that resulted from the various difference experiences of the First World War and what it meant. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/7604468

Episode 34 - Montenegro and Vojvodina 11/05/2018

Episode 34 - Montenegro and Vojvodina Shorter episode this week, just bringing the two remaining pieces of the Yugoslav puzzle into the fold. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/7432919

Episode 33 - The Great War Part 5 10/21/2018

Episode 33 - The Great War Part 5 Today, we finally finish off World War I, and witness the birth of Yugoslavia. Or the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, as it was called at first. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/7261175

Episode 32 - The Great War Part 4 10/08/2018

Episode 32 - The Great War Part 4 The Russian Revolution of 1917 would drastically reshape the course of the First World War, including in the Balkans. Theme Music – by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under /episode/index/show/historyofyugoslavia/id/7139456

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