Ricerc@Sapienza

This article deals with post-war population movements, expulsion, and ethnic massacres affecting Yugoslav, during the years 1943-1947, with a focus on the of Italian Eastern Border. The author argued that Yugoslav political and military leaders considered the aftermath of the Second World War, in their neighbourhood, a convenient window of opportunity for "adjusting" the ethnic structure in specific regions according to their ideological visions and nationalistic ideals. Such an “ethnic cleansing” combined with Bolshevik social engineering occurred in Istria, Dalmatia and in the city of Trieste.