Yugoslav Wars | Animated History

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Don’t let this video distract you from the fact that mr krabs sold SpongeBob’s soul for 62 cents

"War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." - Niko Bellic

Can't believe I thought Irish history was complicated. This is next level.

Ive got Uncle in Blue Helmets (Polish soldier in UN), He told me that this entire war was hell. His friend once took his sidearm out of nowhere, shot his company dog and then himself

this war was devastating and not talked about enough, so many atrocities but nearly no one talks about it, this is why we watch the armchair historian

It’s baffling to me that YouTube is treating talented creators like this due to ridiculous monetization guidelines. Thus forcing them to find other avenues to gain income off their artwork. Griff, I’ve been watching for almost two years now. You’re one of my favourite channels to watch. Much love to the team!

As a Serb with a mother from Croatia (ethnical serb from Croatia) and a father from Bosnia (bosnian-serb), what happened is sad. To me, we are the exact same people, just different religions, but ultra-nationalism, post-communism and scars from World War II made it brutal. War between neighbors and brothers is the worst. My old grandparents got killed, and my grandparents and mother got ethnically moved from Croatia. My mother's cousin's best friend was Croat, and he came to the village and said, "Leave today because tomorrow we will arrive and tomorrow we aren't friends anymore''. My father has the same stories and I know all people from the war has them. I hope we can all move past this old hatred and resolve the lingering problems with RS and Kosovo. The West Balkans, aka ex-Yugoslavia, need to get along to develop. Look at France - Germany or Sweden -Denmark, once enemies but now friends.

Thanks for taking your usual tempered look at sometimes unsavory events. We actually just covered the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik a few weeks ago, and also did a feature on the 1995 Dayton Accords last year. The Yugoslav Wars are an incredibly tragic, yet overlooked, chapter of recent European history. Wishing peace to Griffin and the whole team, keep up the groundbreaking work

I had 4 family members fight in these wars on different sides. My mother was a Croatian Serb and my father was a Croat. Before they met each other my father and his cousin immediately joined the Croat uprising in 1992 when they eventually made the choice to join the war. My mothers brothers were externally hateful of Croats and joined the Croat-Serb paramilitaries. I’m not sure if they ever saw each other or directly fought one another but my father was dating my mother at the time of fighting began, they didn’t see each other for over a year once it started and he never knew that her brother were on the opposing side. My mothers family eventually escaped into Hungary once they could and my father was able to visit her when he was allowed leave. They were married in 1994. After it all ended, one of my mothers brothers was killed, he was 20 when he was killed in 1994. And my father was unhurt along with his cousin and my mothers remaining brother. My uncle and and father never spoke for almost 20 years. Refusing to see each other or talk. Only ever saw each other a couple christmases in that 20 year gap. Eventually my father reached out and they sat down and talked to one another, old men at this point. My father never hated my uncle, but my uncle always thought he did because of his actions in the 90s. They lost over 20 years of happiness bc each one thought the other hated them. When my dad eventually told me these stories it broke me down seeing how much other people hated each other in those times and how they thought it carried on with them almost 20 years later without knowing it was never there between them. I’m glad to see documentaries like this showing so much details on how the war affected thousands from then and now. I wish nothing but love to my fellow Slavs and people of the balkans. I know some people still have entrenched feeling and emotions, but it’s relieving to let go of the hate and see each other as fellow men and women. My account will be lost to the comments and that’s ok, I’m just glad to have finally found a place to share my families story with so many other like minded individuals. May the dead rest and the living forgive.

As a citizen of a former Yugoslav Republic, I must say you did an impressive job

As someone who is interested in history, the Yugoslav wars can be described by two words “cluster f*ck”

Great video man. I love how you covered every aspect and historical background of this conflict but also some lesser known facts like the military aspect of some conflicts (the Bosniak operation, the level of international/NATO involvement) and you didn't just stick to the usual ''atrocity driven'' narration which is usually covered, but mainly I enjoyed how you mentioned Macedonia as the final battleground of the Yugoslav wars, which (although not anymore a part of the coutnry) was stabbed in the back by the Kosovo crisis' refugees and rebels and had to face them too, leaving a 20-25% of them till to this day. Great job, I'm impressed ❤❤

Good to see someone finally remember the yugoslav wars

As a Croat, its refreshing to finally see high quality documentary on the Yugoslav wars. Well done indeed.

Finally, a Yugoslav Wars video from the Armchair.

My great grandfather and great grandmother came to the US in the early 1900s from Croatia through Ellis Island and ended up in PA. I'm 1/4 Croatian and it was a sizable part of my childhood growing up with the traditions. This was a good telling of a very confusing conflict.

“ When the war came, I did bad things, but after the war I thought nothing of doing bad things. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people” Niko Bellic

Can I just say. The animation and uniforms in this video are on point

It was arguably your most interesting video topic in a while