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MID#3362
Dispute Number: 3362
Date(s): March 20, 1926
Participants: 325 Italy/345 Yugoslavia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Four armed Italian customs officers crossed the border and entered a Ser-
bian inn. When their Yugoslav counterparts arrived and told them to leave, a shootout
started.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 22, 1926. End Date changed from
March 22, 1926.
MID#258
Started in March 1939. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/290 Poland dyad dispute list.
MID#3814
Dispute Number: 3814
Date(s): October 17, 1940
Participants: 325 Italy/345 Yugoslavia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Italian forces detained a Yugoslavian ore ship bound for the United States
believed to be bound for Britain. The United States immediately protested the actions
of the Italian government.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from October 10, 1940. End Date changed from
Missing. Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#1062
Dispute Number: 1062
Date(s): August 28, 1953 to December 20, 1953
Participants: 345 Yugoslavia/325 Italy
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: After World War II, the Trieste region was divided between Italy and
Yugoslavia. Both zones contained ethnic Italians and Slovenes. Italy and Yugoslavia
moved troops to the border due to tensions over the treatment of ethnic minorities.
They eventually negotiated a settlement and drew down their forces.
Coding changes: Settlement changed from None.
MID#3205
Dispute Number: 3205
Date(s): May 20, 1954 to May 22, 1954