Some people feel nostalgic about Yugoslavia, considering that life was more carefree and safer back then, while others believe that Yugoslavia was an artificial creation.
However, who knows what would be the fate of Yugoslavia if a little known plan of Josip Broz Tito was realized. Some historians believe that Tito wanted even bigger and more powerful SFRY, which would not be only a regional power, but also the world.
Historian Sabrina Ramet said that the SFRY under Tito’s rule wanted to create an integral Yugoslavia, which would include border areas around Yugoslavia: Greece, Trace, Albania, Bulgaria, at least one part of the Austrian Carinthia, as well as the entire Italian province of Friuli.
Supporters of the Yugoslav irredentism, among others, were monarchists and republicans in the era before the creation of Yugoslavia in 1918. Sabina Ramet also referred to the statement of politicians Svetozar Pribicevic that Yugoslavia should extend “from Soca to Thessaloniki”. Maybe the strangest thing in this map is that Bulgaria and Albania are listed as part of Yugoslavia.
However, it is stated that the political movement Zveno in Bulgaria supported the idea of turning Bulgaria and Albania in the common state of South Slavs. Movement Zveno participated in the coup in Bulgaria in 1934. They demanded an alliance with France, as well as the inclusion of Bulgaria in Yugoslavia. Even the British government during World War II supported the idea of creating a Greater Yugoslavia, in response to the accession of Bulgaria to the Axis Alliance.
After World War II, Tito’s Yugoslavia announced that it owns the rights to Trieste and the whole Austria’s Carinthia.
“We liberated Carinthia, but the international conditions were such that we had to temporarily leave it. Carinthia is ours and we will fight for it,” stated Tito back then.
(Source: Radiosarajevo.ba)
