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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: |
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
1994 - 1995: 1994 - 1995: |
Janko Bobetko |
Radovan Karadžić File:Westernbosniaflag.gif Fikret Abdić | ||||||
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. |