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|caption=<small>The parliament building burns after being hit by artillery fire in ] May 1992; ] with Bosnian Serb soldiers; a Norwegian UN soldier in Sarajevo. Photos by Mikhail Evstafiev </small> | |caption=<small>The parliament building burns after being hit by artillery fire in ] May 1992; ] with Bosnian Serb soldiers; a Norwegian UN soldier in Sarajevo. Photos by Mikhail Evstafiev </small> | ||
|conflict=Bosnian War |
|conflict=Bosnian War | ||
|date=April 1, 1992 – December 14, 1995 | |date=April 1, 1992 – December 14, 1995 | ||
|place=] | |place=] |
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Bosnian War | ||||||||
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Part of the Yugoslav Wars | ||||||||
The parliament building burns after being hit by artillery fire in Sarajevo May 1992; Ratko Mladić with Bosnian Serb soldiers; a Norwegian UN soldier in Sarajevo. Photos by Mikhail Evstafiev | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
1992 - 1994: 1994 - 1995: |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992-1993) Rasim Delić (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1993-1995) |
Franjo Tuđman (President of Croatia) File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Mate Boban (President of CR Herzeg-Bosnia) File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Milivoj Petković (HVO Chief of Staff) File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Dario Kordić (political leader of Croats in Central Bosnia) |
Slobodan Milošević File:Westernbosniaflag.gif Fikret Abdić (Acting President of AP Western Bosnia) | ||||||
Strength | ||||||||
~100 tanks ~200,000 infantry |
~300 tanks ~70,000 infantry |
600-700 tanks 120,000 infantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
31,270 soldiers killed 32,723 civilians killed |
5,439 soldiers killed 1,899 civilians killed |
20,649 soldiers killed 3,555 civilians killed | ||||||
a The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not at the time supported by a majority of Bosnian Croats and Serbs (who each had their own hostile entities). Consequently, it was representative mainly of the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) ethnic group in Bosnia and Herzegovina itself. The post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina encompasses all three Bosnian ethnic groups. |