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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528844, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Yugoslavia Post WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was proclaimed in 1943 by the Partisans<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" rel="nofollow"></a> resistance movement during World War II<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"></a>. It was renamed to the Federal People&#039;s Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946, when a communist government was established. In 1963, it was renamed again to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" rel="nofollow"></a> (SFRY). This was the largest Yugoslav state, as Istria, Rijeka and Zadar<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar" rel="nofollow"></a> were added to the new Yugoslavia after the end of World War II. On 29 November 1945, while still in exile, King Peter II<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Yugoslavia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Yugoslavia" rel="nofollow"></a> was deposed by Yugoslavia&#039;s Constituent Assembly<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly" rel="nofollow"></a>. However, he refused to abdicate. On 31 January 1946, the new constitution of Federal People&#039;s Republic of Yugoslavia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_People's_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_People's_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" rel="nofollow"></a>, modeled after the Soviet Union<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow"></a>, established six republics, an autonomous province, and an autonomous district that were part of SR Serbia.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201231.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yugoslavia - 2 Dinara - 1945 - KM #27</p><p>[ATTACH]201058.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201059.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yugoslavia - 5 Dinara - 1945 - KM #28</p><p>[ATTACH]201060.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201061.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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