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'Depicting scenes from history is a delicate matter, particularly if the events being presented are still within living memory. The war which ripped apart Yugoslavia and dominated news broadcasts in the 1990s is a case in point. The period is now the subject of interpretation by a living history group which shows how the lives of the men and women involved in this conflict were affected.

There is no other group in my opinion which is better

qualified to depict this politically sensitive period than the

Croatian Forces Living History Group, some members of which saw service in the bloody war which set neighbours against one another. We have to accept that more recent history has to be told as much as the older periods and in the case of this conflict it is done exceptionally well and with due reverence, which can only be achieved by those who were there and understand events from the inside. For anyone to doubt the veracity of this they should ask themselves 'how would I have conducted myself ?'

Veterans of the Vietnam War now accept living history and so it is with the war from Croatia. The war which happened in the region formerly known as Yugoslavia may not be to everyone's taste, but it is a historical fact and the Croatian Forces Living History Group portray it sympathetically and with good grace, because some members of the group know from first hand experience and this comes across at displays without any need to boast or glorify the fact. It can only be through such interpretation and presentations that future generations will remember what occurred and try to make sense of a conflict which all but destroyed a once stable country known as Yugoslavia'.

John Norris, Historical Features & Gun Mart Magazine