Josip Broz Tito Biography

Birth of Josip Broz Tito

Appointed Marshal, had organized the National Liberation Army

Appointed Marshal, had organized the National Liberation Army

Tito flees from Yugoslavia & forms a partisan base on the Island of Vis

Partisans capture Kotor in Yugoslavia

Tito establishes a provisional Government at liberated Jajce, in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Tito establishes a provisional Government at liberated Jajce, in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Tito establishes a provisional Government at liberated Jajce, in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Yugoslav Government in Cairo repudiates Titos provisional Government

The Yugoslav Government in Cairo repudiates Titos provisional Government

The Yugoslav Government in Cairo repudiates Titos provisional Government

Partisans capture Split in Yugoslavia

Moves his HQ to Drvar

The Germans launch an offensive against Titos partisans & drive them out of their HQ

The XV Gebirg Corps attack Tito at his HQ in Bosnia & destroys the Yugoslav Army, YANL

The XV Gebirg Corps attack Tito at his HQ in Bosnia & destroys the Yugoslav Army, YANL

The XV Gebirg Corps attack Tito at his HQ in Bosnia & destroys the Yugoslav Army, YANL

The XV Gebirg Corps attack Tito at his HQ in Bosnia & destroys the Yugoslav Army, YANL

The Germans launch an attack on Tito at his HQ on his birthday, the attempt fails

Tito & his Partisans pour into Serbia & attack the Chetniks. RAF & Yugoslav partisans attack roads & railways to prevent Germans escaping. A series of coordinated attacks launched on by Yugoslav partisans and the Balkan Air Force against German forces retreating from the Soviets

Belgrade is liberated

Proclaims the Yugoslav Federal Republic after the expulsion of the German forces

Kosovo becomes a province of Serbia, the largest republic of the new, Communist Yugoslav federation

Secures an overwhelming Majority in the General Election

General election outcome recorded for Josip Broz Tito: Secures an overwhelming Majority in the General Election

Government context for this general election: Secures an overwhelming Majority in the General Election

Secures an overwhelming Majority in the General Election

Appointed Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

Returns from Russia with a promise of arms & munitions credits. Marshal Tito is personally received by Stalin during his visit to Moscow

Italy cedes most of its Adriatic Islands to Yugoslavia

Italy cedes Istria to Yugoslavia

The Treaty of Friendship agrees to economic cooperation, on customs facilitation, agreement for preparation of a customs union, the facilitation of border crossings, border crossing on the border of population and of the citizenship between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic

The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic

The Yugoslav Government negotiates in the conference of Bled that Bulgaria will waive $25 million in war damages owed by Yugoslavia

During the Cominform, the Yugoslav and Bulgarian Communist leaders Josip Broz Tito and Georgi Dimitrov work on a project to merge their two countries into a Balkan Federative Republic

Proposes a Balkan Federation including a customs union with Czech & Poland. Eastern European countries drop the Balkan Federation after Russian opposition

Proposes a Balkan Federation including a customs union with Czech & Poland

Begins to leads Yugoslavia away from Stalin

The Tito¿Stalin Split, or Yugoslav¿Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Stalin was also enraged by Tito's aspirations to merge Yugoslavia with Bulgaria and create a true "Land of the South Slavs", an idea with which he agreed in theory, but which had taken place without prior Soviet consultation

The Tito¿Stalin Split, or Yugoslav¿Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

The Tito¿Stalin Split, or Yugoslav¿Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Stalin was also enraged by Tito's aspirations to merge Yugoslavia with Bulgaria and create a true "Land of the South Slavs", an idea with which he agreed in theory, but which had taken place without prior Soviet consultation

The Tito¿Stalin Split, or Yugoslav¿Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Tito does not attend the second meeting of the Cominform, fearing that Yugoslavia will be attacked. Other member countries expel Yugoslavia citing "nationalist elements" that had "managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership" of the CPY

Tito does not attend the second meeting of the Cominform, fearing that Yugoslavia will be attacked. Other member countries expel Yugoslavia citing "nationalist elements" that had "managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership" of the CPY

Tito does not attend the second meeting of the Cominform, fearing that Yugoslavia will be attacked. Other member countries expel Yugoslavia citing "nationalist elements" that had "managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership" of the CPY

When the Cominform campaign against Yugoslavia severed the Yugoslav Communist party leadership, the government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria deleted the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of Bled with all agreements, except the decision of pardon of war damages

Albania & Yugoslavia sever relations

Decentralized communism of workers self-management & support of private farming

Appointed President of Yugoslavia

Visits Britain

A pact is concluded at Bled between Yugoslavia, Greece & Turkey

Russia & Yugoslavia sign a Treaty of friendship

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed. The new Yugoslavian constitution declares Tito President for life

The President of Yugoslavia visits Russia

With Yugoslavias new constitution, Kosovo acquires wide-ranging autonomy and a self-governing authority

With Yugoslavias new constitution, Kosovo acquires wide-ranging autonomy and a self-governing authority

Death of Josip Broz Tito, leaves a power vacuum that threatens the unity of Yugoslavia

Death of Josip Broz Tito