The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba — Држава Словенаца, Хрвата и Срба in Serbo-Croatian and Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov in Slovene) was a short-lived entity formed at the end of World War I by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs residing in what were the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although internationally unrecognized, this was the first incarnation of a Yugoslav state and had been founded on the Pan-Slavic ideology behind the initiative. A month after it … Continue reading Yugoslav Kingdom #5 (1921)