REVOLUTIONARY TRACTOR

In the mid-Forties, 70% of Yugoslavia’s population was living in rural areas. In 1945, out of some 255,000 km² of the total area, 318,000 ha of arable land was the social ownership of socialist Yugoslavia. Post-war, there was an urgent need for mechanisation in agriculture. With help from UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), around 6500 American-made tractors were obtained by the end of the program in 1947.

Stalin vs Tito

As a backdrop to this situation was a meeting between the Supreme Commander of the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, and Joseph Vissarionovich