Help wanted locating a survival & preparedness article re the Balkan conflict

[Tayls]

Hi All,

I have already done a number of searches on GS for an article which was posted here some years ago (if I was to guess, I would say it was about 6-8 years ago).

In short, it was the personal account of a guy who wrote of his experiences while living through the fallout of the Balkan conflict. If I remember correctly, the article was copied and pasted here on GS (and was not a link to the article) and it made for incredibly good reading. It described the personal experiences of this guy and his family needing to live through the unravelling of society, in the absence of law and order, and explained how they survived for some 13-15 months, through the really cold European winter (and what they learnt from their experiences).

Given the current challenges which we are all facing in SA at the moment, I would really like to locate and re-read this article and the lessons learnt from it. Would one of you perhaps have this article or perhaps point me in the right direction on where to find this thread (perhaps one of you originally posted it here).

Many thanks in advance,
Tayls

[Tayls]

PS. I have already found the SHTF article by Selco on the Balkan conflict, but that 145 page book is not it (perhaps the article was written by Selco though).

For those who are interested, here is the link to that book (free download): https://ia801005.us.archive.org/34/i...0-%20Selco.pdf

[prepare2win]

Definitely sounds like Selco.

Also highly recommend FerFAL's Thoughts on the collapse of Argentina. Very relevant to life in SA

[sAnD.mAn]

This one?


https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/9...he-balkan-wars

From here

https://www.gunsite.co.za/forums/sho...AN-SURVIVALIST

[Branden88]

This one?


https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/9...he-balkan-wars

From here

https://www.gunsite.co.za/forums/sho...AN-SURVIVALIST

Warriors TV Series 1999.

"After seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK"

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0119873/


PART ONE:

PART TWO:

Got the reference to the series in the comment section of the survival podcast.

[Sean KZN]

Warriors TV Series 1999.

"After seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK"

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0119873/


PART ONE:

PART TWO:

Got the reference to the series in the comment section of the survival podcast.

Thanks Brandon, interesting watch, makes me remember things I had forgotten. I was a civilian loosely affiliated to the UNPROFOR mission, so stayed mostly at the Brit bases when going through Bosnia, my nationality caused a lot of amusement at check points, why you not black?
On check points, Bosnia became a patchwork of territory held by either Croats or Bosniaks, so just traveling a hundred km would mean an HVO checkpoint, then a UN checkpoint, then a ARbih checkpoint, drive to the next and wash,rinse repeat.

Tips for smooth sailing. Be polite, not overtly friendly or antagonistic, either could lead to varying degrees of unpleasantness.
Never,never ever pass an unmanned checkpoint, if their were no mines lying in the road, there were sure to be some tripwire device like a claymore waiting for the unsuspecting, this happened often.
The visible mines would just be laying on the road, tied together with rope and just dragged out of the way, never worked out why they did it that way.

Also for me, the experience was very different from soldiers and combatants, never mind civilians in the zones. I could leave the Brit base at Gorni Vakuf, head for Mostar and get into Croatia and make it all the way to Pleso where the main base was or to the surrounding village where I had accommodation, go to the local for a beer and some grub and be pretty divorced from the unpleasantness going on in the disputed areas.
So like in the movie, it's difficult to summarize your experiences or even try to explain to a person removed from it, sometimes almost surreal how much contrast a day could bring.

[Zuku]

This was the Bosnian war. Survival during civil unrest.

https://personalliberty.com/one-year-in-hell/

I have seen many posts, sites and forums been erased over the years with info that get lost forever. So I started to download any info that I like or think might be relevant in the future to have the material at hand.

[SoldierMan]

This was the Bosnian war. Survival during civil unrest.

https://personalliberty.com/one-year-in-hell/

I have seen many posts, sites and forums been erased over the years with info that get lost forever. So I started to download any info that I like or think might be relevant in the future to have the material at hand.

Just reread that. A wake up call for all of us. Read it and take his advice.

I need more lighters.

[Sean KZN]

Just reread that. A wake up call for all of us. Read it and take his advice.

I need more lighters.

And smokes, chocolate, gas, condoms, coffee beans, chlorine and a silencer on a .22 LR

The first 2 would get you far.

[SoldierMan]

And smokes, chocolate, gas, condoms, coffee beans, chlorine and a silencer on a .22 LR

The first 2 would get you far.

Don't smoke, not my vice, but for trade, sure!