In the final months of the war, Partisan leader Josip Tito and his forces complete their conquest of Yugoslavia. They destroy Draza Mihailovics Chetniks and Ante Pavelics Croatian Independent State and they outmanoeuvre King Peter. As Titos forces take revenge on their vanquished foes, Socialist Yugoslavia is born in a cradle of fire and blood

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02:08 Mihailovics Last Roll of the Dice
04:35 Tito Aligns himself with the Soviets
07:06 Albania
08:25 Tito begins state building
10:51 Hoxha purges his enemies
12:00 The Fall of Mihailović
13:08 The End of the Independent State of Croatia
14:54 The Events at Bleiburg
17:08 The Massacres
19:41: The Birth of Socialist Yugoslavia
20:54 Conclusion

Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Jake McCluskey
Written by: James Newman
Research by: James Newman
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
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Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Imperial War Museums: NA 16313, NAM 144
Prime Minister Subasic and Marshal Tito meet, 1944 , http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_subasic_tito_meeting.html Rickard, J

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