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Bosnian War/War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Herzeg-Bosnia  Croatia	Republika Srpska FR Yugoslavia File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia
Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  NATO (bombing operations, 1995)		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 (President of Serbia) Radovan Karadžić (President of Republika Srpska) Ratko Mladić (Chief of Staff, VRS) 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 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.