What is The War Museum?

This past Saturday, I took an all day tour to Rastok and Plitvice National Park.  On the way there we passed through an area that had been devastated by war back in the 1990’s.

From the late 1920’s Croatia was a part of Czechoslovakia, a country made up of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Montenegro.  When Czechoslovakia split apart in the early 1990’s, war broke out between Croatia and Serbia.  We went through the area where many battles between the two countries occurred.

This lead to the population dropping significantly.  The population in some areas has returned to what it was before and some have never returned to prewar levels.  As a way of remembering, the government established a War Museum.  Many houses in the area still have bullet holes in them from these battles.

The museum was built next to one of the bombed out buildings.

These tanks are made of converted tractors. The museum has several parked next to each other. 

This is one of the planes used in the war

This is the museum building with the displays and information connected to the war. This was done to remember it so it will not happen again. We did not stop but our guide told us all bout it.

I hope you enjoyed today’s pictures. Tomorrow, i’ll Be sharing photos of Rastoke,a beautiful little hamlet with so many waterfalls you are amazed. Let me know what you think, I’d love to hear.  Have a great day.