Yugoslav Committee
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The Yugoslav Committee was a World War I–era, unelected, ad-hoc committee. It largely consisted of émigré Croat, Slovene, and Bosnian Serb politicians and political activists whose aim was the detachm
Yugoslav Committee photographed in Paris in 1916
Ante Trumbić led the Yugoslav Committee in the run-up to creation of Yugoslavia
Frano Supilo co-founded the Yugoslav Committee with Ante Trumbić
Participants of the June–July 1917 talks that resulted in the adoption of the Corfu Declaration
Creation of Yugoslavia
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The creation of Yugoslavia occurred in 1918, after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary at the end of the First World War. The country was created as a state of the South Slavs through unification of th
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…do so in a manner that ignored the earlier declarations. It ceased to exist shortly afterwards. The idea of South Slavic political unity predates the creation of Yugoslavia by nearly a century. The concept was first developed in Habsburg Croatia by a group of Croat intellectuals who formed the Illyrian movement in the 19th…
Ante Trumbić led the Yugoslav Committee.
Regent Alexander became de facto head of Serbian state with transfer of powers from his father, King Peter I, to him in 1914.
Svetozar Pribićević was among the leading proponents of unconditional, speedy unification.
General of the Infantry Anton Lipošćak was charged with treason on 22 November 1918.