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== Yugoslavia and Bleiburg Massacre ==
== Yugoslavia and Bleiburg Massacre ==
The Yugoslav regime was desperate to keep the massacre a secret however this all changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of Yugoslavia. These events happened after the end of [[World War Two]]. It has been written that the massacre was a revenge <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com "Yugoslavia."Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010 Yugoslavia: Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity-Mark Thompson.|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}}
The Yugoslav regime was desperate to keep the massacre a secret however this all changed after the fall of the '''Berlin Wall''' and the break up of Yugoslavia. These events happened after the end of [[World War Two]]. It has been written that the massacre was a revenge <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com "Yugoslavia."Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010 Yugoslavia: Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity-Mark Thompson.|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-07}}
*"The killing continued after the war, as Tito's victorious forces took revenge on their real and perceived enemies. British forces in [[Austria]] turned back tens of thousands of fleeing Yugoslavs. Estimates range from 30,000 to 55,000 killed between spring and autumn 1945."</ref> against the war crimes that were committed by the Nazi element of the retreating Axis Forces.<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': Independent State of Croatia
*"The killing continued after the war, as Tito's victorious forces took revenge on their real and perceived enemies. British forces in [[Austria]] turned back tens of thousands of fleeing Yugoslavs. Estimates range from 30,000 to 55,000 killed between spring and autumn 1945."</ref> against the war crimes that were committed by the Nazi element of the retreating Axis Forces.<ref>'''Encyclopaedia Britannica''': Independent State of Croatia
*''The Main Headquarters of the Yugoslav Army had already called attention to respecting the Geneva Convention on 3rd of May in its order on the treatment of prisoners of war. However, despite this injunction, both prisoners of war and civilians were killed on mass at the end of May and in the first half of June 1945 in Slovenia. Tito’s telegram on respecting the Geneva Convention was later revoked; however, it could only be revoked by the person who issued it in the first place, i.e. Tito himself.
*''The Main Headquarters of the Yugoslav Army had already called attention to respecting the Geneva Convention on 3rd of May in its order on the treatment of prisoners of war. However, despite this injunction, both prisoners of war and civilians were killed on mass at the end of May and in the first half of June 1945 in Slovenia. Tito’s telegram on respecting the Geneva Convention was later revoked; however, it could only be revoked by the person who issued it in the first place, i.e. Tito himself.
* ''It is estimated, mainly on the basis of graves discovered up to now, that around 100,000 captured members of different military formations and civilians from all parts of Yugoslavia were killed without a court trial in Slovenia.''<ref> [http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/2005/PDF/publikacije/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf European Public Hearing on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes"]
* ''It is estimated, mainly on the basis of graves discovered up to now, that around 100,000 captured members of different military formations and civilians from all parts of Yugoslavia were killed without a court trial in Slovenia.''<ref> [http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/2005/PDF/publikacije/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf European Public Hearing on “Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes"]
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==Aleksandar Rankovic==
==Aleksandar Rankovic==
According to the scientific research of ''Z.Dizdar'', Partisan General '''Aleksandar Rankovic''' (head of the military intelligence post World War Two, the infamous UDBA)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4t5gBayTeDQC&pg=PA214&dq=Yugoslavia+Totalitarian+state&hl=en&ei=CJ_eS7HuF8uLkAXJxd3PBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=Yugoslavia%20Totalitarian%20state&f=false Titoism in Action:] The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948 ''by'' Fred Warner Neal. Second chapter (p214):
According to the scientific research of ''Z.Dizdar'', Partisan General '''Aleksandar Rankovic''' (head of the military intelligence post World War Two, the infamous UDBA)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4t5gBayTeDQC&pg=PA214&dq=Yugoslavia+Totalitarian+state&hl=en&ei=CJ_eS7HuF8uLkAXJxd3PBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=Yugoslavia%20Totalitarian%20state&f=false Titoism in Action:] The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948 ''by'' Fred Warner Neal. Second chapter (p214):