Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan mutuwar shugabanta Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia ta fuskanci tsarin siyasa mara kyau da bala'in tattalin arziki a cikin shekarun 1980. Yayin da kwaminisanci ke rasa ikonsa, sabbin shugabannin kasa Slobodan Milošević a Serbia da Franjo Tuđman a Croatia sun hau mulki. Slovenia da Croatia sun yi kira ga gyare-gyare da kuma sassauci na jihar a Yugoslavia amma wannan kira ya yi tsayayya da gwamnatin kasar a Belgrade. A ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1991, Slovenia da Croatia sun yi shelar 'yancin kai daga Yugoslavia. A
rikicin makamai na gajeren lokaci ya biyo baya a Slovenia kuma Yakin 'Yancin Croatia ya ƙaru. Macedonia kuma ta ayyana 'yancin kai, wanda Yugoslavia ta ba da ita ba tare da rikici ba. An fara aiwatar da Tsarin RAM, wanda ya kafa tushe don sabbin iyakoki na "Yugoslavia ta Uku" a ƙoƙarin kafa ƙasar da "duk Serbs tare da yankunansu za su zauna tare a cikin ƙasa ɗaya".