• Historian Tvrtko Jakovina commented on the thesis that Zagreb was liberated on May 8, 1945, or that ‘one darkness was replaced by another’, stating that this thesis is becoming part of the political and media mainstream.
  • Jakovina criticized the equating of the Ustasha and communist regimes, emphasizing that it is actually about fascism and anti-fascism.
  • Reacting to former Serbian President Boris Tadić’s statement that the Chetnik movement was not Nazi, Jakovina asked why Chetniks and Ustashas left together via Zagreb in 1945 and why they did not fight each other in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Jakovina stressed that the Chetniks collaborated with the Nazis and played both sides, while the Ustashas were completely dependent on a German victory.
  • Commenting on the war in Iran, Jakovina assessed that America is in a more difficult situation than in Vietnam because it cannot withdraw without losing face, and the war is at a stalemate.
  • He added that the war with Iran hinders any movement against corruption or for human rights in Iran.

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