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Bosnian War

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.

Date	April 1, 1992 – December 14, 1995
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result	Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords. Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak faction and over a million refugees created (with all sides included).

Belligerents

1992–94:

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

1992-94:

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia CR Herzeg-Bosnia
(up to 1994)

Croatia

1992-94:

Republika Srpska
FR Yugoslavia

AP Western Bosnia (1993 on)

1994-95:

Croatia

Republic of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

NATO
(bombing operations, 1995)

1994-95:

Republika Srpska

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)

Janko Bobetko
(HV Chief of Staff 1992-1995)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Mate Boban
(President of CR Herzeg-Bosnia)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Milivoj Petković
(HVO Chief of Staff)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Dario Kordić
(political leader of Croats in Central Bosnia)

Slobodan Milošević
(President of Serbia)

Radovan Karadžić
(President of Republika Srpska)

Ratko Mladić
(VRS Chief of Staff)

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
33,071 civilians killed

5,439 soldiers killed
2,163 civilians killed

20,649 soldiers killed
4,075 civilians killed

a The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was at the time was not supported by the 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.

b Between 1994 and 1995, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was supported by, and was representative of, both ethnic Bosniaks and ethnic Bosnian Croats. This was primarily because of the Washington Agreement.