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During the Bosnian War, Bosniak paramilitary forces supported an independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. Patriotic League ( Bosnian : Patriotska liga ), was established by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in June 1991 in preparations for the coming Bosnian War.
On 19 December 1990 Alija Izetbegović and the SDA party discussed forming an independent paramilitary separate from the Yugoslav People's Army. In March 1991 Sefer Halilović formed the Patriotic League (Patriotska Liga - PL) as an independent Bosnian army, with the same territorial organization as Territorial Defense Forces (TO). Later on the ...
During the Bosnian War, American president Bill Clinton and Bosnian president Alija Izetbegović agreed to a train-and-equip program for Bosnia, valued at an estimated $500 million USD. American diplomat James W. Pardew oversaw the implementation of the plan. The Bosnian Train and Equip Program was carried out in a multi-agency effort over the ...
The program to train and equip the Bosnian Federation Army after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 was a key element of the U.S. strategy to bring stable peace to Bosnia. The Train and Equip Program also calmed the concerns of some Congressmen about committing U.S. troops to peacekeeping duty in Bosnia.
The People's Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Narodna Odbrana Zapadne Bosne, NOZB) was a paramilitary unit founded and led by Fikret Abdić that fought in the Bosnian War during the Yugoslav Wars. It served as the de facto army of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (APZB).
Pages in category "Paramilitary organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The TO was the official army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the separate Bosnian military forces formed by Sefer Halilović the Patriotic League (PL). The TO, from 1991 to April 1992, absorbed all units of the PL and districts military formations into the TO, which was eventually transformed at the end of May 1992 into the Army of the ...
Initially four corps were created: 1st Corps ; 2nd Corps in northern Bosnia; 3rd Corps and 4th Corps in Herzegovina; the Eastern Bosnian Operational Group in the eastern enclaves of Goražde. 5th Corps ( Bihać ) was established on 21 October 1992 from the Una-Sana Operational Group to defend the North-Western Bosnian enclave.