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In the beginning of the Homeland War, the fiercest battles took place in Osijek area. There was an intense war dynamics of Croatian armed forces against part of the rebel Serbs and the Yugoslav People's Army, resulting in the highest number of the military and civilian casualties. Due to the location of Osijek in Eastern Croatia, where Serbia borders the Republic of Croatia directly, the rebel Serbs and the Yugoslav People's Army had an unlimited logistic support. Furthermore, the national structure of the population in Eastern Croatia, where there were Serb enclaves (Tenja, Bobota, Vera, Pačetin, Trpinja, Bijelo Brdo and other villages), facilitated Greater Sebia aggression and hindered the defensive activities of the Croatian authorities. The city of Osijek was a headquarters city having contributed to the defense of Eastern Croatia. The city economy was functioning continously during the Homeland War, strongly supporting its defense, despite the numerouus war damages and demographic losses. ; Početkom Domovinskog rata na području Osijeka vodile su se najžešće borbe. Postojala je intenzivna ratna dinamika hrvatskih oružanih snaga protiv dijela pobunjenih Srba i Jugoslavenske narodne armije, što je rezultiralo najvećim brojem vojnih i civilnih žrtava. Zbog položaja Osijeka u istočnoj Hrvatskoj, gdje Srbija izravno graniči s Republikom Hrvatskom, pobunjeni Srbi i Jugoslavenska narodna armija imali su neograničenu logističku podršku. Nadalje, nacionalna struktura stanovništva u istočnoj Hrvatskoj, gdje su postojale srpske enklave (Tenja, Bobota, Vera, Pačetin, Trpinja, Bijelo Brdo i druga sela), olakšavala je velikosrpsku agresiju i ometala obrambene aktivnosti hrvatskih vlasti. Grad Osijek bio je stožerni grad koji je pridonio obrani istočne Hrvatske. Gradsko gospodarstvo kontinuirano je funkcioniralo tijekom Domovinskog rata, snažno podržavajući njegovu obranu, unatoč brojnim ratnim štetama i demografskim gubicima.

In this article, the authors ask whether the US economy during World War II can be meaningfully described as having recovered from the Great Depression. Their work builds on the earlier contribution to the topic by Robert Higgs. Higgs argues that the traditional macroeconomic measures of economic performance are inappropriate for wartime and that they overstate people's real economic well-being during the war. They review his contribution in more detail as they proceed. Their contribution complements Higgs's by examining a number of archival sources to explore how the wartime economy affected individuals and households. The evidence they present confirms Higgs's argument that wartime prosperity was largely an illusion and, thus, that wartime spending is not the path to genuine recovery from recession or depression. As the country continues to debate the effectiveness of large-scale government expenditure to speed recovery from the Great Recession, people should not be looking at the wartime experience of the 1940s as a guide. Adapted from the source document.

This article evaluates the significance of requisitioning film studios in Britain during the Second World War. In uncovering this history, it offers new perspectives on the nature and process of requisitioning the studios as well as their equally important experience of being de-requisitioned after the war. As important contributors to the wartime economy and culture, any account of studios during the war and immediate post-war years is therefore incomplete without recognising the key impact of requisitioning. In addition, the impact of the war and requisitioning on labour and equipment is considered, both of which were essential aspects of a complex process that became particularly urgent in the immediate post-war years. The article reflects on the role of requisitioning in the evolution of film policy, arguing that the process was directed to affirm and execute the government's chosen direction for the film industry, as well as evaluating how the various stakeholders involved responded. The case constitutes an instructive example of policy making, execution and the dynamics of governmentality in relation to the film industry.