Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1990, bayan da aka ci gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Socialist ta Croatia a zaɓen da aka yi, rikicin ƙabilanci ya daɗa tsanani. Sojojin Yugoslav na Yugoslav ("Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija" <unk> JNA) sannan suka kwace makaman Tsaron Yankin Croatia ("Teritorijalna obrana") don rage juriya. A ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, tashin hankali ya karu zuwa wani tashin hankali na Serbs na Croatia, wanda ya ta'allaka ne akan yankunan da ke da yawan mutanen Serbia na yankin Dalmatian da ke kusa da Knin, da sassan Lika, Kordun, Banovina da gabashin Croatia. Bayan yunkurin da Serbia ta yi ba tare da nasara ba, tare da goyon bayan Montenegro da lardunan Vojvodina da Kosovo na Serbia don samun amincewar Shugabancin Yugoslav don tura JNA don kwashe sojojin tsaron Croatia a watan Janairun 1991, da kuma rikice-rikicen da ba a yi ba tsakanin 'yan tawayen Serbia da' yan sanda na musamman na Croatia a watan Maris, JNA da kanta, da goyon bayan Serbia da kawayenta, sun nemi Shugabancin tarayya ya ba shi ikon yaƙi da kuma ayyana dokar ta baci. An ƙi buƙatar a ranar 15 ga Maris, kuma JNA ta kasance ƙarƙashin ikon Shugaban Serbia Slobodan Milošević. Milošević, ya fi son kamfen don fadada Serbia maimakon adana Yugoslavia, a bainar jama'a ya yi barazanar maye gurbin JNA da sojojin Serbia kuma ya bayyana cewa ya daina amincewa da ikon shugabancin tarayya. Wannan barazanar ta sa JNA a hankali ta yi watsi da tsare-tsaren don adana Yugoslavia don faɗakar da Serbia. A karshen watan, rikicin ya karu zuwa
wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar farko. JNA ta shiga tsakani a bangaren 'yan tawaye, kuma ta hana' yan sandan Croatia daukar mataki. A farkon watan Afrilu, shugabannin tawayen Serbia a Croatia sun bayyana aniyarsu ta haɗa yankin da ke ƙarƙashin ikonsu, wanda Gwamnatin Croatia ta ɗauka a matsayin yanki mai rabuwa, tare da Serbia.