June 27 – July 7, 1991 · Slovenia Theater
June 27 – July 7, 1991
When Slovenia declared independence on June 25, 1991, the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) moved to seize border crossings and Ljubljana airport within hours. The Slovenian Territorial Defence, outnumbered but fighting on home ground, ambushed JNA columns, blocked fuel supplies, and surrounded isolated armored units in an asymmetric campaign that stunned the federal military. Within ten days the JNA had suffered an embarrassing stalemate — its tanks surrounded by farmers and militia in a republic that had no Serb minority to protect. The Brioni Declaration on July 7 halted fighting; the JNA withdrew from Slovenia within three months, and the war effectively ended.
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