 When Yugoslavia dissolved in 1991, those borders were retained and remain in force.During the Croatian war of Independence, most of Dalmatia was a battleground between the Croatian government and the Yugoslav People's Army, which aided the local Serb rebels, with much of the northern part of the region around Knin and the far South around, but not including, Dubrovnik being placed under the control of Serb forces.Croatia did regain the southern territories in 1992 but did not regain the north until 1995.