Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line

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Greater Serbia as advocated by Vojislav Šešelj in 1992.[1]

The Karlobag-Ogulin-Karlovac-Virovitica line is a hypothetical boundary used to describe the western extent of an irredentist nationalist Serbian state.[1] It defines everything east of this line as a part of Serbia, while the west of it would be within Slovenia, and all which might remain of Croatia. Such a boundary would give the majority of the territory of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Serbs. It is based on the failed 1915 Treaty of London.[citation needed]

This line was frequently referenced by Serbian politician Vojislav Šešelj.[2]

A greater Serbian state was supported for national and economical reasons, as it would give Serbia a large coastline, heavy industries, agricultural farmland, natural resources and all of the crude oil (mostly found in the Pannonian Plain), particularly in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, by various Serbian politicians associated with Slobodan Milošević in the early 1990s who publicly espoused such views: Mihalj Kertes, Milan Babić, Milan Martić, Vojislav Šešelj, Stevan Mirković.[3]

Also, it would gather over 98% of Serbs of Yugoslavia in one state. In his speeches and books, Šešelj claimed that all of the population of these areas are in fact ethnic Serbs, of Orthodox, Roman Catholic or Muslim faith. However, outside of Šešelj's Serbian Radical Party, the line as such was never promoted in recent Serbian political life. In recent years even that party has abandoned actively advocating the line, though it still officially considers it a long-term goal.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Granice (srpske)". Biografija :: Pojmovnik (in Serbian Cyrillic). Vojislav Šešelj official website. April 1992. Retrieved 2012-12-21. "Srpske granice dopiru do Karlobaga, Ogulina, Karlovca, Virovitice." 
  2. ↑ "Case information sheet". (IT-03-67) Vojislav Šešelj trial. ICTY. Retrieved 2012-12-21. "He defined the so-called Karlobag-Ogulin-Karlovac-Virovitica line as the western border of this new Serbian state which he referred to as "Greater Serbia" and which included Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and considerable parts of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina." 
  3. ↑ "Converting the Army". Vreme New Digest Agency (in Serbian) (3). 1991-10-14. Retrieved 2012-12-21. "The projected future frontiers of the "Great Serbia" are derived from the recent Army offensives and extrapolated from the public statements of Serbian politicians known to be "the mouthpiece of Milosevic". [...] The line Karlovac-Virovitica incidentally covers the only oilfields in Yugoslavia. The entire Slavonia represents probably the best agricultural soil in Europe." 

Further reading

  • Međimorec, Miroslav (September 2002). "Footnotes". National security and the future (Zagreb, Croatia: St. George Association / Udruga sv. Jurja) 3 (3-4). ISSN 1332-4454. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21. "8. «The Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line» - the amputation line which was intended to come into being by the imposed Yugoslav king Alexander after the assassination of Croatian national tribune Stjepan Radić in 1928. The remains of thus amputated Croatia “would be seen from the Zagreb Cathedral’s tower”. That line is also mentioned in Četniks’' plans during WW2 (Moljević, Dražža Mihajlović), the line mentioned by Serb radical politicians (ŠŠeššelj) and by the JNA military strategists as the western border of “Greater Serbia”." 
  • ICTY court case transcripts discussing the Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line:
    • Transcripts 1618-1721. "Testimony of "Witness P"". Case Tadić (IT-94-1) "Prijedor". ICTY. 1996-05-31. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    • Transcripts 11477-11622. "Testimony of Davor Domazet". Case Blaškić (IT-95-14) Lašva Valley. 1998-09-10. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    • Transcripts 1-55. "Initial Appearance / Open Session". Case Šešelj (IT-03-67). 2003-02-26. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    • Transcripts 23236-23338. "Testimony of Imra Agotić". Case Milošević, Slobodan (IT-02-54) "Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia". 2003-06-27. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    • Transcripts 44088-44203. "Testimony of Vojislav Šešelj". Case Milošević, Slobodan (IT-02-54) "Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia". 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    • Transcripts 1972-2047. "Testimony of Imra Agotić". Case Mrkšić et al. (IT-95-13/1) "Vukovar Hospital". 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
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