"We all expect to be bombed, and we remember when the Americans bombed Belgrade in 1944."

Both Olja and Milena said the summer's thunderstorms reminded them of the spring months when Americans bombed Belgrade.

"And yesterday they bombed Belgrade."

Nobody thought then that the "peace and security zone" would bomb Belgrade and Podgorica in the former Yugoslavia.

Now, as the sanctions' bite grows more painful each day, waiters and cabdrivers routinely but apprehensively ask foreign customers when America will bomb Belgrade.

Without hesitation he replied: "We should tell the Serbs that unless they call off their aggression, we will bomb Belgrade."

Starting on April 6, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) bombed Belgrade for three days and nights.

Three days after Teleki's death, the Luftwaffe bombed Belgrade without warning.

Starting on 6 April 1941, Axis armies invaded from all sides and the Luftwaffe bombed Belgrade.