Tree trunk revolution
The tree trunk revolution ( Croatian Balvan revolucija ; also translated as the bar revolution ) was the term used for organized road blockades by Serbs in August 1990 in southern Croatia .
After the first democratic elections in Croatia and the victory of the HDZ party, headed by Franjo Tuđman , which is striving for state independence , the Serbian residents questioned the authority of the government in some of the Croatian areas where they formed the ethnic majority. Fears of a revival of Ustasha -state were fueled by comments both Serbian and Croatian politicians.
Led by Milan Babić and Milan Martić , Serbs proclaimed the " Serbian Autonomous Province of Knin-Krajina " in August 1990 . From August 17, 1990, they began to block the connection to southern Croatia on sections of road around Knin , Obrovac and Benkovac by blocking the roads with tree trunks. The Serbs' intention was to damage the Croatian economy through the roadblocks. This was aimed primarily at tourism because it blocked the access roads to the travel destinations on the Adriatic . The tree trunk revolution can thus be seen as the escalation of a conflict that led to war barely a year later after Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia .
During the trial against Milan Babić before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , the latter testified that the revolution was planned from Belgrade. However, other witnesses did not confirm this.
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- ↑ Goran Jungvirth: Martic Provoked Croatian Conflict. On iwpr.net on the website of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting , February 17, 2006