How the War Started on My Island 1997

In early 1991 the Yugoslav army refuses to recognize Croatia’s independence and holds several coastal barracks. Gajski goes to an island to rescue his son from conscription. Locals besiege the garrison and stage a festival to urge Major Aleksa and his troops to surrender, but Aleksa has rigged the barracks' explosives and plans to destroy the island.

In early 1991 the Yugoslav army refuses to recognize Croatia’s independence and holds several coastal barracks. Gajski goes to an island to rescue his son from conscription. Locals besiege the garrison and stage a festival to urge Major Aleksa and his troops to surrender, but Aleksa has rigged the barracks' explosives and plans to destroy the island.

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