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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. Photos by Mikhail Evstafiev
DateApril 1, 1992 – December 14, 1995
LocationBosnia 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:

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

1992-94:

File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg CR Herzeg-Bosnia
 Croatia

1992-94:

 Republika Srpska
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia

File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia (1993 on)

1994-95:

 Croatia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 NATO (bombing operations, 1995)

1994-95:

 Republika Srpska

File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia
Commanders and leaders

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović
(President of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefer Halilović
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992-1993)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Rasim Delić
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1993-1995)

Croatia Franjo Tuđman
(President of Croatia)

Croatia Janko Bobetko
(HV Chief of Staff 1992-1995)

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)

SerbiaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević
(President of Serbia)

Republika Srpska Radovan Karadžić
(President of Republika Srpska)

Republika Srpska Ratko Mladić
(VRS Chief of Staff)

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.

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.