A file of reports, correspondence, and memoranda discussing the likelihood of the Soviet Union taking armed action against Yugoslavia following the falling out between Josef Stalin and Marshal Tito. Subjects discussed in this file include Yugoslav defence plans, including the possibility of their retreating to the mountains to carry out a partisan war; the causes of the Soviet-Yugoslav split; a comparison of the strengths of the armed forces in the Balkans; a report that Soviet forces in the region were too weak to mount an invasion; alternative outcomes of the crisis; and the Soviet desire to avoid provoking a major war with the Western Bloc.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Albania Australia Austria Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Germany Great Britain Greece Herzegovina Hungary Iran Italy Montenegro Poland Romania Russia Soviet Union Spain United Kingdom United States of America USSR Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/561/2
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/561
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0561.002
- Keywords
- Soviet-yugoslav Relations Invasion Of Yugoslavia Partisans Defence Soviet Foreign Policy Yugoslav Armed Forces Military Strength Politics
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 43
- Persons Discussed
- Patrick Dean William Hayter Ivone Kirkpatrick Stewart Menzies Douglas Packard Percy Sillitoe Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
