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At present, when we are once again faced with the question: quo vadis Bosnia and Herzegovina, towards new integration or towards further disintegration? -- it is undoubtedly useful to show how and when the process was initiated of its administrative-territorial division and its connecting with the neighbour states in the 20th century; in this case, with Dalmatia in 1929 within the Littoral Banovina, and with the Banovina of Croatia ten years later. This paper provides a detailed account of the size of territory and population with regard to various denominations on the level of 8, i.e. 13 districts which comprised 38, i.e. 70 municipalities of BiH. The population data based on the 1931 census, the last carried out in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, are the starting point of an attempt to establish the ratio between the Catholic majority and the Islam and Orthodox minorities. In the period of the Littoral Banovina, the Catholic population in the Bosnian-Herzegovinian districts had the absolute majority of 63%, and in the Banovina of Croatia -- 53%. Beside the Catholics, the same counties were inhabited by minorities of Islam and Orthodox denominations, which were in the majority in some municipalities and districts. In Dalmatian districts of the Littoral Banovina, 84% of the population were Catholics, while the percentage in BiH districts was 63%, which means that the percentage on the level of the Banovina as a whole was 75%. Consequently, many were right to perceive and proclaim that the Littoral Banovina was Catholic by denomination, and Croatian by ethnicity, although this became a fact only when it joined the Banovina of Croatia together with the Sava Banovina. Adapted from the source document.

The author looks into the political-territorial division & the size of Croatia & Slovenia, prior & during the incorporation of the Military Border into Civilian Croatia. Arguing that historiography has not come up with an objective view of this event, the author challenges the prevailing thesis that the size of the Military Border was significantly smaller than that of Civilian Croatia & claims that, on the contrary, the Military Border made up 54.37% of the state territory, & Civilian Croatia only 45.63%. The process of unification was a gradual one, extended over a 15-year period, due to the territorial expansion & the political restructuring after the integration of the Military Border region into Civilian Croatia. Finally, the author talks about the emergence of a uniform political/legal structure, which integrated the former districts into Croatian counties, the structure that lasted until 1918. 9 Tables. Adapted from the source document.

This article deals with the history of the Croatian Left in the last 70 years with special emphasis on its role during WWII. The author analyzes the national policy of the Croatian Left toward Croats & Croatia in the second Yugoslav state & highlights numerous positive attempts at solving the Croatian national question. He goes on to point out the difficulties that the Croatian Left had to face in achieving the desired aims. The unsatisfactory solution for the Croatian question in the second Yugoslavia was the cause of constant friction & of the disintegration of the Yugoslav federation. The author is of the opinion that the Croatian leftist parties should not repeat the same mistakes & harbor illusions of a Yugoslav community, which has always been extremely detrimental to Croatian nationalist interests. Adapted from the source document.

This article deals with the history of the Croatian left in the last seventy years with a special emphasis on its role during World War Two. The author analyzes the national policy of the Croatian left towards Croats and Croatia in the second Yugoslav state and highlights numerous positive attempts at solving the Croatian national question. He goes on to point to the difficulties which the Croatian left had to face in achieving the desired aims. The unsatisfactory solution for the Croatian question in the second Yugoslavia was the cause of constant friction and of the disintegration of the Yugoslav federation. The author is of the opinion that the Croatian leftist parties should not repeat the same mistakes and harbour illusions of a Yugoslav community, which has always been extremely detrimental to the Croatian nationalist interests. (SOI : PM: S. 60)