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The town of Višegrad in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina was seized by Bosnian Serb forces in April 1992 during the first days of the Bosnian War.Bosnian Serb members of the local Territorial Defence (TO), supported by local Bosnian Serb police and some members of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), quickly overcame heavily overmatched local Bosnian Muslim police and reserve police elements ...
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.
The Bijeljina massacre involved the killing of civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2 April 1992 in the run-up to the Bosnian War. The majority of those killed were Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims). Members of other ethnicities were also killed, such as Serbs deemed disloyal by the local authorities.
Paramilitary Law Enforcement related Air support services 335 Hong Kong Police Force: Police force: For subdivisions, see Structure of the Hong Kong Police Force. Disciplined officers: 33,210 (2023) [6] Auxiliary officers: 4,501 (2021), [7] Unsworn: 4,735 (2023) [6] Special Duties Unit: 23 July 1974 Elite Paramilitary Special Forces Police ...
The Green Berets as a gear of choice [clarification needed] and the name was selected both as a reference to the United States Army Special Forces (the "Green Berets", although no actual relation existed) and as a common colour brand of the predominant ethnic group that composed the unit, namely Bosniaks. Bosnian Green Berets were mostly active ...
Bosnian Serb forces kill 32 Bosnian Croats. [24] Zaklopača massacre: 16 May 1992 Zaklopača,near Milići: VRS: Bosniaks: 63 - 83 Bosnian Serb forces kill Bosniaks. [25] Suha massacre: 10 May 1992 Suha: VRS: Bosniaks: 38 Bosnian Serbs forces attack and destroy the village of Suha, killing 38 unarmed Bosniak residents. [26] Nova Kasaba massacre ...
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.