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Željava Air Base: Tito's $6 Billion Underground Fortress That Its Own Army Destroyed

The $6 billion underground airbase built to survive a nuclear strike — destroyed in three days by the army that spent 35 years defending it.

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Željava Air Base: Tito's $6 Billion Underground Fortress That Its Own Army Destroyed

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Prison islands, political torture, and a coastline that hides the scars of a war fought within living memory. Croatia's beauty is built on fresh wounds.

Goli Otok: Yugoslavia's Secret Prison Where Inmates Tortured Each Other

Goli Otok: Yugoslavia's Secret Prison Where Inmates Tortured Each Other

Learn about the Goli Otok prison, which held 13,000 political prisoners on a barren Adriatic island and where Tito's regime forced inmates to beat, denounce, and psychologically destroy each other.

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Željava Air Base: Tito's $6 Billion Underground Fortress That Its Own Army Destroyed

Croatia

Goli Otok: Yugoslavia's Secret Prison Where Inmates Tortured Each Other

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