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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
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 - 1994: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1994 - 1995:	File:Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg CR Herzeg-Bosnia  Croatia  Croatia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republika Srpska FR Yugoslavia File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia  Republika Srpska File:Westernbosniaflag.gif AP Western Bosnia
Commanders and leaders
1994 - 1995: Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992-1993) Rasim Delić (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1993-1995) 1994 - 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) Franjo Tuđman Janko Bobetko (HV Chief of Staff 1992-1995) Alija Izetbegović Sefer Halilović	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) Radovan Karadžić Ratko Mladić 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.