Marechal tito yugoslavia biography

For 35 years, Josip Broz Tito held Yugoslavia together despite its mix of nationalities, languages and religions. After his death in 1980, simmering ethnic tensions resurfaced, eventually leading to the wars in the Balkan states.

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Former BBC correspondent Martin Bell returned to the region to examine Tito's legacy.

His power once held Yugoslavia together under the banner of brotherhood and unity. But now his memory divides it - or the many republics into which it has disintegrated.

Thirty years after the death of Josip Broz Tito, there are still some Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and others who describe themselves, rather wistfully, as "Yugo-nostalgics".

The country wielded an influence beyond its size.

It successfully played off one superpower against the other, and was one of the leaders of the non-aligned movement.

Mixed feelings

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