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| Page Views: 725 Last Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina: August, 2003 I Used To Live Here | Jablanica Rail Bridge by american_tourister - last update: Dec 11, 2004 |
Tito and the boys having fun Joseph Broz Tito led the Communist partisans in WW2. His harassment campaign succeeded in drawing large amounts of troops away from other front lines thereby adding to the Allied effort.
In one very spectacular raid his troops blew up this bridge while a locomotive was in transit across. The event was the basis for the story in the movie Force 10 from Navaronne. |
|  | A monument and a park The government set up a steam locomotive here as a monument to remind the people of the struggle during WW2.
The saddest part of the war here is that it was not just Yugoslavians against Germans. It was Croats against Bosnians, Croats and Bosnians against Germans, Germans and Croats against Chetniks, Chetniks against Germans, basically everyone against everyone.
It was an awful precursor to the terrible wars of the 1990s. |
| | The park It is in bad repair and needs work but there is so much in this country that needs rebuilding already. One day they will be able to out some effort into it.
A new modern rail bridge was built nearby as well as a hignway bridge. |
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Curlygirl1 Fri Apr 6, 2007 23:39 UTC
I remember this guy!!! I like him. I have worked at Eagle base as MWR. Bosnian Girl | sabina87 Tue Mar 6, 2007 18:48 UTC
you really got the whole idea of how it is in bosnia, and i had fun reading about your experience, so thank you for that | matcrazy1 Fri Jan 5, 2007 11:33 UTC
Fascinating page with great descriptions and observations of a very beautiful country I was lucky to visit a few times before war. | terps94 Thu Dec 7, 2006 22:55 UTC
great pages!! Too bad I never got a chance to go outside the fence and explore the area. |
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