The Ten-Day War was a short armed conflict between Slovenia and the Yugoslav People's Army, following Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia. The federal army was sent to take control of border posts and the airport, but the Slovenian Territorial Defence, which had prepared in advance, blocked roads and surrounded barracks. Casualties were relatively few, and many federal soldiers surrendered or were disheartened. A ceasefire was brokered by the European Community in the Brioni Agreement, which suspended Slovenia's independence for three months, and the army then withdrew. Slovenia's success owed much to its ethnic homogeneity, and to the lack of strong Serbian interest in holding it, and the conflict preceded the much longer wars in Croatia and Bosnia.
Before and after
- from 31 March 1991 to 13 August 2001Yugoslav Wars
- from 31 March 1991 to 7 August 1995Croatian War of Independence
- 5 April 1991Launch of Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- from 30 April 1991 to 15 May 1991Operation Ring
- from 27 June 1991 to 7 July 1991Ten-Day War
- from August 1991 to June 1992Battle of Osijek
- 14 August 1991Release of arXiv
- from 19 August 1991 to 21 August 19911991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
- from 25 August 1991 to 18 November 1991Battle of Vukovar
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