Since I have joind this forum I have read several timelines that in one way or another discussed Yugoslavia but I have seen only three times (I think) a suggestion of it breaking apart in the interwar period.
The PoD for the timeline I am contemplating on is the "Assasination in the National Assembly" on June 20th 1928 of the representatives of the Croatian Peasants Party.
As most of you are aware the first Yugoslavia was a country plagued from the beining with two very opposed concepts of how should the country look and function. The Centralists and the Federalists/Confederalists. The first was chapioned by the Serbs and the later by the Croats. The main Croat political party was the Croatian Peasants Party (HSS). From 1918 to 1928 it was obstructed, forbidden and even took part in the goverement as an atempt to reconciliate. But in 1927 negotiatians and atempts to create a functioning state were seen as pointless and HSS left the goverement and returned to the opposition where they found allies in the Independent Democratic Party (SDS) of Svetozar Pribićević that represented the great majority of Serbs in Croatia. Both parties were opposed to the centralisation efforts of Belgrade and found common ground. HSS resisted on ethnic basis while SDS resisted on economic basis. So they formed a Peasant-Democratic Coalition (SDK) in late 1927 in hopes of resisting Belgrade and achieving their goals.
Following the news that an assassination had taken place in Belgrade massive demonstrations took place in Zagreb and almost every Croat town, resulting in at least 5 dead and dozens of wounded. Over the comming days deomnstartions and commemorations for the assassined were held throughout areas inhabited by Croats even though the Ministry of the Internal afairs had forbiden any gatherings. Such situation continued for more than a month when on August 1st SDK declared the Vidovdan Constitution void and all descisions of Belgrade outside former Kingdom of Serbia meaningless. The SDK demanded the return to the situation of December 1st 1918.
A few days later on August 8th Stjepan Radić the leader of HSS passed away from the wounds suffered during the Assassinaton in Belgrade. The funeral was the largest in recoreded Croatian history with around half a million people atending. The funeral turned into a massive political rally against the goverment with Svetozar Pribićević and Vlatko Maček (the new HSS leader) as speakers. In certain places the rally turned into demonstrations.
So here is the PoD. The Yugoslav Ministry of Internal afairs responds with an even stronger crackdown that turns demonstrations into clashes with numerous killed and wounded. In return the SDK mounts an armed ressistance, thourough political militas both parties (HSS and SDS) had along with units of Yugoslav army that were mostly made of ethnic Croats and Serbs living in Croatia on the territories where resistance would take place. Along with that the fleet was almost exclusevly manned by Croats. The ressistance is not aimed at independence but to the return of the December 1st status and restarting the negotiations of the form of Kingdom of SHS (Serbs-Croats-Slovenes) as Yugoslavia was still known back then. Though if reconciliation would not be possible an establishement or better to say re-establishemnt of Rebuplic of SHS (Slovenes-Croats-Serbs) might be possible.
So my questions is what repercutions would such an event have to the wider worlds. How would the neighbouring nations respond and would Kingdom of SHS completely colapse in the oncoming Great Depression.
Fire away gentlemen I am all ears.
Cheers
The PoD for the timeline I am contemplating on is the "Assasination in the National Assembly" on June 20th 1928 of the representatives of the Croatian Peasants Party.
As most of you are aware the first Yugoslavia was a country plagued from the beining with two very opposed concepts of how should the country look and function. The Centralists and the Federalists/Confederalists. The first was chapioned by the Serbs and the later by the Croats. The main Croat political party was the Croatian Peasants Party (HSS). From 1918 to 1928 it was obstructed, forbidden and even took part in the goverement as an atempt to reconciliate. But in 1927 negotiatians and atempts to create a functioning state were seen as pointless and HSS left the goverement and returned to the opposition where they found allies in the Independent Democratic Party (SDS) of Svetozar Pribićević that represented the great majority of Serbs in Croatia. Both parties were opposed to the centralisation efforts of Belgrade and found common ground. HSS resisted on ethnic basis while SDS resisted on economic basis. So they formed a Peasant-Democratic Coalition (SDK) in late 1927 in hopes of resisting Belgrade and achieving their goals.
Following the news that an assassination had taken place in Belgrade massive demonstrations took place in Zagreb and almost every Croat town, resulting in at least 5 dead and dozens of wounded. Over the comming days deomnstartions and commemorations for the assassined were held throughout areas inhabited by Croats even though the Ministry of the Internal afairs had forbiden any gatherings. Such situation continued for more than a month when on August 1st SDK declared the Vidovdan Constitution void and all descisions of Belgrade outside former Kingdom of Serbia meaningless. The SDK demanded the return to the situation of December 1st 1918.
A few days later on August 8th Stjepan Radić the leader of HSS passed away from the wounds suffered during the Assassinaton in Belgrade. The funeral was the largest in recoreded Croatian history with around half a million people atending. The funeral turned into a massive political rally against the goverment with Svetozar Pribićević and Vlatko Maček (the new HSS leader) as speakers. In certain places the rally turned into demonstrations.
So here is the PoD. The Yugoslav Ministry of Internal afairs responds with an even stronger crackdown that turns demonstrations into clashes with numerous killed and wounded. In return the SDK mounts an armed ressistance, thourough political militas both parties (HSS and SDS) had along with units of Yugoslav army that were mostly made of ethnic Croats and Serbs living in Croatia on the territories where resistance would take place. Along with that the fleet was almost exclusevly manned by Croats. The ressistance is not aimed at independence but to the return of the December 1st status and restarting the negotiations of the form of Kingdom of SHS (Serbs-Croats-Slovenes) as Yugoslavia was still known back then. Though if reconciliation would not be possible an establishement or better to say re-establishemnt of Rebuplic of SHS (Slovenes-Croats-Serbs) might be possible.
So my questions is what repercutions would such an event have to the wider worlds. How would the neighbouring nations respond and would Kingdom of SHS completely colapse in the oncoming Great Depression.
Fire away gentlemen I am all ears.
Cheers
