Sorry, I meant after the end... got mixed up (it was late).

Dude, this wasn't before WWII, this was after the end of the war. Around 175,000 people whose families had lived there for a couple hundred years and spoke German for historical reasons were ethnically cleansed from Yugoslavia.

Hm, wonder why someone who spoke German on a teritory occupied by the Germans during WWII would be cleansed from that place 🤔...

A few hundred thousand people had to flee the country and walk to Germany or otherwise make their way to places like North America.

People hated Germans after WWII. My guess is, he was just trying to keep a clean slate, not let history repeat itself. There was enough bloodshed on the Balkans, it's time for piece... and people speaking German RIGHT AFTER WWII in a place you're trying to make into a federation and let everyone live in piece... yeah, I kinda get his reasoning.

Sure Tito wasn't Hitler, but he definitely walked in his footsteps.

You didn't live here, you have no idea how things were. It was nice, people had piece... not just bought piece, it was the true meaning of the word, something that hasn't happened in centuries here. Agreed, that has to come at a cost, but the US does it every day and they rarely get backlash for it.

Sacrifices have to be made for the greater good. It's that simple. This is true in any society. People that don't agree with that society's leaders and strategies can make problems for them. Why make their lives harder.