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The Bosnian War was characterised by bitter fighting, indiscriminate shelling of cities and towns, ethnic cleansing, and systematic mass rape, mainly perpetrated by Serb, [15] and to a lesser extent, Croat [16] and Bosniak [17] forces. Events such as the siege of Sarajevo and the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre later became iconic of the conflict.
The siege of Mostar was fought during the Bosnian War first in 1992 and then again later in 1993 to 1994. Initially lasting between April 1992 and June 1992, it involved the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) fighting against the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its independence from ...
Bosnian Army Offensive Operations in the Sarajevo Region, 15–22 June 1995. As the fighting gradually widened in 1995, Bosnian Muslim forces launched a large-scale offensive in the area of Sarajevo. In response to the attack, the Bosnian Serbs seized heavy weapons from a UN-guarded depot, and began shelling targets. [89]
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 ...
The fighting was reported to become even more intense on weekends, with Serbs from Serbia proper joining in to fight the Bosniaks. [17] In response to the inhumane treatment of civilians by the VRS, the local units of the Bosnian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) began a campaign of retribution against the Bosnian Serb civilians who were still ...
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On November 4 1994, the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia was re-established after a Serb counterattack against the Bosnian forces. By 27 November 1994, advancing Serb forces took around a third of the zone. Fighting raged less than 500 yards from the Bihać hospital and moved closer to the headquarters of the Bosnian Fifth Corps.
The goals of Operation Shield 94 had been partially met, with the first stage of Shield 94 being completed, mainly because general Milovanović feared a repeat of what happened during the Aftermath of Operation Lukavac 93, the land captured by the Serbs during Lukavac 93 was given to the United Nations, they then gave it to the Bosniaks.