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The Bosnian War [a] (Serbo-Croatian: Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992, following several earlier violent incidents.
Croatian forces advanced into Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist the united Bosnian and Croatian side, which led to the eventual end of the Bosnian War in December 1995; Territorial changes: The Croatian government gains control over the vast majority of territory previously held by rebel Serbs, with the remainder coming under UNTAES control. [H]
From July 1991 to January 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence, the JNA and Serb paramilitaries used Bosnian territory to wage attacks on Croatia. [19] The Croatian government began arming Croats in the Herzegovina region as early as October or November 1991, [20] expecting that the Serbs would spread the war into Bosnia and ...
Bosnian War. Part of the Yugoslav Wars. Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Herzeg-Bosnia (1992; 1994–1995) Croatia (1992; 1994–1995) NATO (1995) Republika Srpska Republic of Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (1993-1995) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia. 1992 1996 Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Taliban. Al Qaeda Supported by: Pakistan Saudi Arabia
The Croat–Bosniak War was a conflict between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, supported by Croatia, that lasted from 19 June 1992 – 23 February 1994. The Croat-Bosniak War is often referred to as a "war within a war" because it was part of the larger Bosnian War.
The success of Operation Storm also represented a strategic victory in the Bosnian War as it lifted the siege of Bihać, [172] and allowed the Croatian and Bosnian leadership to plan a full-scale military intervention in the VRS-held Banja Luka area—one aimed at creating a new balance of power in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a buffer zone along ...
The siege of Dubrovnik (Serbo-Croatian: opsada Dubrovnika, опсада Дубровника) was a military engagement fought between the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Croatian forces defending the city of Dubrovnik and its surroundings during the Croatian War of Independence.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The United Nations' top court ruled Tuesday that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each other's people during the bloody 1990s wars sparked by the ...