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Independence of Slovenia

Ten-Day War
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Slovenian war map.jpg
Yugoslav map of operations during the Ten-Day War
Date 27 June – 7 July 1991
Location Slovenia
Result

Decisive Slovenian victory

Belligerents

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Slovenia Slovenia

Commanders and leaders
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ante Marković
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Veljko Kadijević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Konrad Kolšek
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrija Rašeta
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Vasiljević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Aksentijević
Slovenia Milan Kučan
Slovenia Lojze Peterle
Slovenia Janez Slapar
Slovenia Janez Janša
Slovenia Igor Bavčar
Strength
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 22,300 personnel Slovenia 35,200 Slovenian Territorial Defence
Slovenia 10,000 police
Casualties and losses
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 44 killed
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 146 wounded
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4,693 prisoners
Slovenia 19 killed
Slovenia 182 wounded

Decisive Slovenian victory

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Slovenia Slovenia

The Ten-Day War (Slovene: desetdnevna vojna) or the Slovenian Independence War (slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna), was a brief war of independence that followed the Slovenian declaration of independence on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the Slovenian Territorial Defence (Slovene: Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije) and the Yugoslav People's Army (YPA). It lasted from 27 June 1991 until 7 July 1991, when the Brioni Accords were signed. It marked the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars.

Following the death of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito in 1980, underlying political, ethnic, religious, and economic tensions within Yugoslavia surfaced. In 1989 Slobodan Milošević, Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia since 1986, became president of Serbia, the largest and most populous of the six Yugoslav republics. As Milošević moved to consolidate power by centralizing the state, the governments of the other republics sought to loosen the central grip on power by devolving as much constitutional power as possible to each of the republics and autonomous provinces. A series of disagreements among delegates persisted until four of the six republics each made the decision to secede from Yugoslavia. Supported by Germany and the Vatican, Slovenia was among those republics aiming for independence.


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