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When we turned away from the Croatian border, we still thought the U.N. would meet us. Instead three dump trucks joined us. There was one van in front with Serbian military police, and on each bus was a soldier with an automatic weapon. At Skender Vakuf, they told us we were passing the front lines, so we should lie down and not look out the windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder At Ugar Gorge | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...Bosanska Krajina Partisans created a tiny state in the wedge-shaped area in Croatia bounded by the towns of Glamoch, Drvar, Petrovach, Kljuch and Donji Vakuf. They prepared systematically for major military operations. They trained their ever-growing armies, not for pinprick sabotage, but for a major campaign to drive the Axis from Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Mihailovich Eclipsed | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

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