Second Yugoslav War

The Second Yugoslav War was a collection of wars fought in the Balkans by Serbia and Albania against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro. The war also led to Greece occupying Macedonia and the annexation of Kosovo by Albania. The war is sometimes also called the Third Balkans war - the first and second being in 1912 and 1913 respectively. 
== Background ==
== Course of War ==
=== War in Bosnia ===
=== Invasion in Kosovo ===
=== Macedon War ===
As Albanian troops stalemated in Montenegro and Croatian, Bosnian and Slovenian forces accepted that they had become unable to dislodge Serbian positions in Bosnia, Serbia and Albania decided to launch a simple and quick war against Macedonia to boost their troops morale. On 3 January, Albanian forces crossed the border into western Macedonia and begun a drive for the capital, Skopje. Greece, knowing that Serbia would invade to support Albania and pro-Albanian militias, invaded Macedonia on 4 January to ensure the Serbs and Albanians gained as little ground as possible. Two days after the Greek invasion, the Serbs followed with their invasion. This precipitated what became known as the “Race for Skopje”, with both sides competing to take the capital as soon as they could. In the evening of 8 January Serbian forces were slowly approaching the outskirts of Skopje and Greek special forces with NATO support, para-dropped into Skopje and captured several buildings in and around the centre of the city, including the Parliament building and the Presidential Palace. Serbian forces entered Skopje from the north and became involved in a fire fight with Greek troops, whose positions became compromised. Greeks troops in Skopje were surrounded by Serbian troops. Greek armoured forces arrived and quickly drove the Serbians out of Skopje. Albanian troops consolidated their control over western Macedonia. In February, Greece and Serbia agreed to stop fighting in Skopje and later signed a treaty in which Serbia agreed to withdraw their troops from Macedonia by the end of March. By 3 April, the Greek and Albanian forces agreed not to attack each other.
=== Invasion of Montenegro ===
== Aftermath ==
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