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MID#2877
Dispute Number: 2877
Date(s): July 31, 1960 to August 1, 1960
Participants: 305 Austria/325 Italy
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On September 23, 1960, the Austrian government handed a protest to
the Italian and Hungarian governments alleging border violations by both sides. The
protest to Italy referred to an alleged border violation in the Brenner Pass on the days
of July 31 and August 1 of the same year. The note charged that the border violations
were serious and, in the note to the Hungarians, charged that the border situation was
unbearable.
This dispute occurred amid considerable tension between the Italian and Austrian
governments regarding the post–World War II status of Tyrol, an Italian province on
the border with Austria that had a considerable German-speaking population. While
the ongoing issue regarding Tyrol was concurrently discussed in the United Nations,
there is little to suggest the border violation complaints are explicitly about that issue.
The Brenner Pass area is not on the border with the Tyrol Province. The Austrian
protest to Hungary is captured in MID#2878. Hungary and Italy were clearly not
cooperating.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from September 25, 1960. End Date changed
from September 25, 1960.
305 Austria/345 Yugoslavia
MID#3599
Dispute Number: 3599
Date(s): May 1, 1919 to September 10, 1919
Participants: 345 Yugoslavia/305 Austria
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: Yugoslavia and German Austria contested Carinthia, which lies between
the Tauern Mountains and the Kawawanken Range. The northern half of Carinthia
was dominated by German speakers, while the southern half was dominated by Slo-
vene speakers. This dispute centered on the southern half. Two days after Austria
signed a ceasefire with the Allies, Yugoslavia sent troops into Carinthia. On December
5, 1918, the Assembly of the Province of Carinthia began armed resistance against the
Yugoslavs and nearly managed to push Yugoslav troops out of Carintha.
On May 2, 1919, Yugoslav troops began a new push into Carinthia. Later that
month German Austria invaded the Slovene portions of Carinthia, and Yugoslavia
accused Austrian troops of trying to wipe out the Slovene population in Carinthia.
Carinthian defenses collapsed, and on June 6, Yugoslav forces occupied Klagenfurt.
On September 10, Austria and the Allies signed the Treaty of St. Germain, bringing