[maher]

The WW II CROs used to tell their Nazi dinner guests that Croats are really not Slavs, but Goths. And Slovenes are “alpski Hrvati” Alpine Croats. And Asterix was Tudjman’s great-grat grandfather.

BTW, read the Catholic Encyclopedia (it’s on line), in the article “Albania”. There you’ll find that Holy Mother Church writes about “the westernmost Serbs, who are called HROATS”...

[Diocletian]

Genetic evidence shows that most Croatians are less than half-Slav, actually being the descendants of the autochonous people of the Balkans. The least slavic of all Croats are those from the Dinaric Alps, who range around 15-30% Slavic genes. The numbers for Slavic genes are highest in the north of Croatia.

The Ustashe got the Goth part wrong, similar to Serbs who claim how their ancient empire stretched all the way to the Volga.