TheBosnian War[a](Serbo-Croatian:Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini/ Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an internationalarmed conflictthat took place inBosnia and Herzegovinabetween 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992, following a number of earlier violent incidents. The war ended on 14 December 1995 when theDayton accordswere signed. The main belligerents were the forces of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,theRepublic of Herzeg-Bosnia,and theRepublika Srpska,the latter two entities beingproto-statesled and supplied byCroatiaandSerbia,respectively.[12][13]
| Bosnian War | ||||||||||
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The Executive Council Building burns after being hit by tank fire inSarajevo;Bosanska Krupain 1992; Bosnian refugees reunited in a military camp; SerbianT-34tank being drawn away from the frontline nearDobojin spring of 1996;Ratko Mladićwith Army ofRepublika Srpskaofficers; A NorwegianUN peacekeeperin Sarajevo duringthe siegein 1992 | ||||||||||
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Until October 1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia |
Until May 1992: Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina SFR Yugoslavia(until 27 April 1992) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(from 27 April 1992) | |||||||||
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October 1992–94: Bosnia and Herzegovina |
October 1992–94: Herzeg-BosniaCroatia |
May 1992–94: Republika SrpskaSerbian Krajina Western BosniaSupport: FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
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1994–95:Bosnia and HerzegovinabHerzeg-BosniaCroatia Support:  NATO(bombing operations,1995) |
1994–95: Republika SrpskaSerbian KrajinaWestern BosniaSupport: FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||
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Krešimir Zubak(President of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1994) Milivoj Petković(HVOChief of Staff) ...and others |
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 ARBiH:110,000 troops 110,000 reserves 40 tanks 30APCs[1] |
 HVO:45,000–50,000 troops[2][3][4] 75 tanks 50APCs 200 artillery pieces[5]  HV:15,000 troops[6] |
1992: JNA1992–95  VRS:80,000 troops 300 tanks 700APCs 800 artillery pieces[7]  NOZB:4,000–5,000 troops[8] | ||||||||
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30,521 soldiers killed31,583 civilians killed[9][10] |
6,000 soldiers killed2,484 civilians killed[9][10] |
21,173 soldiers killed4,179 civilians killed[9][10] | ||||||||
| additional 5,100 killed whose ethnicity and status are unstated[11] | ||||||||||
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a^From 1992 to 1994, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not supported by the majority ofBosnian CroatsandSerbs.Consequently, it represented mainly theBosniaks. b^Between 1994 and 1995, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was supported and represented by both Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats. This was primarily because of theWashington Agreement. | ||||||||||
The war was part of thebreakup of Yugoslavia.Following theSlovenianand Croatian secessions from theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslaviain 1991, the multi-ethnicSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina– which was inhabited by mainlyMuslimBosniaks(44%),OrthodoxSerbs(32.5%) andCatholicCroats(17%) – passed a referendum for independence on 29 February 1992. Political representatives of the Bosnian Serbs boycotted the referendum, and rejected its outcome. Anticipating the outcome of the referendum, theAssembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovinaadopted theConstitution of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinaon 28 February 1992. Following Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration ofindependence(which gained international recognition) and following the withdrawal ofAlija Izetbegovićfrom the previously signedCutileiro Plan[14](which proposed a division of Bosnia into ethniccantons), theBosnian Serbs,led byRadovan Karadžićand supported by the government ofSlobodan Miloševićand theYugoslav People's Army(JNA), mobilised their forces inside Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to secure ethnic Serb territory. The war soon spread across the country, accompanied byethnic cleansing.
The conflict was initially between Yugoslav Army units in Bosnia which later transformed into theArmy of Republika Srpska(VRS) on the one side, and theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina(ARBiH), largely composed of Bosniaks, and the Croat forces in theCroatian Defence Council(HVO) on the other side. Tensions between Croats and Bosniaks increased throughout late 1992, resulting in the escalation of theCroat–Bosniak Warin early 1993.[15]The Bosnian War was characterised by bitter fighting, indiscriminateshellingof cities and towns, ethnic cleansing, andsystematic mass rape,mainly perpetrated by Serb,[16]and to a lesser extent, Croat[17]and Bosniak[18]forces. Events such as thesiege of Sarajevoand the July 1995Srebrenica massacrelater became iconic of the conflict. The massacre of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Serb forces inSrebrenicais the only incident in Europe to have been recognized as a genocide sinceWorld War II.[19]
The Serbs, although initially militarily superior due to the weapons and resources provided by the JNA, eventually lost momentum as the Bosniaks and Croats allied against the Republika Srpska in 1994 with the creation of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovinafollowing theWashington Agreement.Pakistanignored theUN's ban on supply of arms, and airliftedanti-tank missilesto the Bosnian Muslims, while after the Srebrenica andMarkalemassacres,NATOintervened in 1995 withOperation Deliberate Forcetargeting the positions of the Army of the Republika Srpska, which proved key in ending the war.[20][21]The war ended after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris on 14 December 1995. Peace negotiations were held inDayton, Ohio,and were finalised on 21 November 1995.[22]
By early 2008, theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslaviahad convicted forty-five Serbs, twelve Croats, and four Bosniaks of war crimes in connection with the war in Bosnia.[23][needs update]Estimates suggest over 100,000 people were killed during the war.[24][25][26]Over 2.2 million people were displaced,[27]making it, at the time, the most violent conflict in Europe since the end of World War II.[28][29]In addition, an estimated 12,000–50,000women were raped,mainly carried out by Serb forces, with most of the victims being Bosniak women.[30][31]
Chronology
editClashes between Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs in Bosnia started in late February 1992, and "full-scale hostilities had broken out by 6 April",[6]the same day the US[32]andEuropean Economic Community(EEC)[33]recognised Bosnia and Herzegovina.[34][35]Misha Glennygives a date of 22 March,Tom Gallaghergives 2 April, whileMary KaldorandLaura SilberandAllan Littlegive 6 April.[36]Philip Hammond claimed the most common view is that the war started on 6 April.[34]
Serbs consider theSarajevo wedding shooting,when a groom's father was killed on the 2nd day of theBosnian independence referendum,1 March 1992, as the first death of the war.[37]TheSijekovac killingsof Serbs took place on 26 March and theBijeljina massacreon 1–2 April. On 5 April, after protesters approached a barricade, a demonstrator was killed by Serb forces.[38]
The war was brought to an end by theGeneral Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,negotiated atWright-Patterson Air Force BaseinDayton, Ohiobetween 1-21 November 1995 and signed in Paris on 14 December.[39]
Background
editBreakup of Yugoslavia
editThe war came about as a result of the breakup of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.A crisis emerged in Yugoslavia as a result of the weakening of the confederational system at the end of theCold War.In Yugoslavia, the nationalcommunist party,theLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia,lost ideological potency. Meanwhile, ethnic nationalism experienced a renaissance in the 1980s after violence inKosovo.[40]While the goal ofSerbian nationalistswas the centralisation of Yugoslavia, other nationalities aspired to the federalisation and the decentralisation of the state.[41]
Bosnia and Herzegovina, a formerOttomanprovince, has historically been a multi-ethnic state. According to the 1991 census, 44% of the population considered themselves Muslim (Bosniak), 33% Serb and 17% Croat, with 6% describing themselves as Yugoslav.[42]
In March 1989, the crisis in Yugoslavia deepened after the adoption of amendments to the Serbian Constitution allowing the government of Serbia to dominate the provinces ofKosovoandVojvodina.[43]Until then, Kosovo and Vojvodina's decision-making was independent, and each autonomous province had a vote at the Yugoslav federal level. Serbia, under newly elected PresidentSlobodan Milošević,gained control over three out of eight votes in the Yugoslav presidency. With additional votes from Montenegro, Serbia was thus able to heavily influence the decisions of the federal government. This situation led to objections from the other republics and calls for the reform of the Yugoslav Federation.
At the 14th Extraordinary Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, on 20 January 1990, the delegations of the republics could not agree on the main issues facing the Yugoslav federation. As a result, the Slovene and Croatian delegates left the Congress. The Slovene delegation, headed byMilan Kučan,demanded democratic changes and a looser federation, while the Serbian delegation, headed by Milošević, opposed it.[44]
In thefirst multi-party electionin Bosnia and Herzegovina, in November 1990, votes were cast largely according to ethnicity, leading to the success of the BosniakParty of Democratic Action(SDA), theSerb Democratic Party(SDS), and theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ BiH).[45]
Parties divided power along ethnic lines so the President of the Presidency of theSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinawas a Bosniak, the president of the Parliament was aSerb,and the prime minister a Croat. Separatist nationalist parties attained power in other republics, including Croatia and Slovenia.[46]
Beginning of the Yugoslav Wars
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BosniaksSerbsCroats
Meetings were held in early 1991 between the leaders of the six Yugoslav republics, and the two autonomous regions, to discuss the crisis.[47]The Serbian leadership favoured a federal solution, whereas the Croatian and Slovenian leadership favoured an alliance of sovereign states. Bosnian leaderAlija Izetbegovićproposed an asymmetrical federation in February, where Slovenia and Croatia would maintain loose ties with the four remaining republics. Shortly after, he changed his position and opted for a sovereign Bosnia as a prerequisite for such a federation.[48]
On 25 March,Franjo Tuđmanand Serbian PresidentSlobodan Miloševićheld ameeting in Karađorđevo.[49]The meeting was controversial due to claims by some Yugoslav politicians the two presidents agreed to the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[50]On 6 June, Izetbegović and Macedonian presidentKiro Gligorovproposed a weak confederation between Croatia, Slovenia, and a federation of the other four republics. That was rejected by the Milošević administration.[51]
On 25 June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia declared independence. Anarmed conflictin Slovenia ensued, while clashes in areas of Croatia with substantial ethnic Serb populations escalated into afull-scale war.[52]TheYugoslav People's Army(JNA) abandoned efforts to reassert control over Slovenia in July, while fighting in Croatia intensified until aceasefirewas agreed in January 1992. The JNA also attacked Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[53]
In July 1991, representatives of theSerb Democratic Party(SDS), including SDS presidentRadovan Karadžić,Muhamed Filipović,andAdil Zulfikarpašićfrom theMuslim Bosniak Organisation(MBO), drafted an agreement known as theZulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement.This would leave SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in a state union with SR Serbia and SR Montenegro. The agreement was denounced by Croat political parties. Although initially welcoming the initiative, the Izetbegović administration later dismissed the agreement.[54][55]
Between September and November 1991, the SDS organised the creation of six "Serb Autonomous Regions"(SAOs).[56]This was in response to the Bosniaks' steps toward seceding from Yugoslavia.[57]Similar steps were taken by the Bosnian Croats.[57]
In August 1991, theEuropean Economic Communityhosteda conferencein an attempt to prevent Bosnia and Herzegovina from sliding into war. On 25 September 1991, theUnited Nations Security CouncilpassedResolution 713,imposing an arms embargo on all former Yugoslav territories. The embargo had little effect on the JNA and Serb forces. Croatian forces had seized weaponry from the JNA during theBattle of the Barracks.The embargo had a significant impact in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the start of the Bosnian War.[58]The Serb forces inherited the armaments and the equipment of the JNA, while the Croat and Bosniak forces obtained arms through Croatia in violation of the embargo.[59]
On 19 September 1991, the JNA moved extra troops to the area around the city ofMostar.This was protested by the local government. On 20 September 1991, the JNA transferred troops tothe front at Vukovarvia theVišegradregion of northeastern Bosnia. In response, local Croats and Bosniaks set up barricades and machine-gun posts. They halted a column of 60 JNA tanks, but were dispersed by force the following day. More than 1,000 people had to flee the area. This action, nearly seven months before the start of the Bosnian War, caused the first casualties of the Yugoslav Wars in Bosnia. In the first days of October, the JNA attacked and leveled the Croat village ofRavnoin eastern Herzegovina, on their way toattack Dubrovnikin southern Croatia.[60]
On 6 October 1991, Bosnian presidentAlija Izetbegovićgave a televised proclamation of neutrality, it included the statement "it is not our war".[61]Izetbegović made a statement before the Bosnian parliament on 14 October with regard to the JNA: "Do not do anything against the Army. (...) the presence of the Army is a stabilizing factor to us, and we need that Army... Until now, we did not have problems with the Army, and we will not have problems later." Izetbegović had a testy exchange with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić in parliament on that day. After Karadžić wagered that the Bosnian muslims could not defend themselves if a state of war developed, Izetbegović observed that he found Karadžić's manner and speech offensive and it explained why the Bosniaks felt unwelcome, that his tone might explain why the others federated by Yugoslavia felt repelled, and that the threats of Karadžić were unworthy of the Serbian people.[62]
Throughout 1990, theRAM Planwas developed bySDBand a group of selected Serb officers of theYugoslav People's Army(JNA) with the purpose of organizing Serbs outside Serbia, consolidating control of the fledglingSDSparties and the positioning of arms and ammunition.[63]The plan was meant to prepare the framework for a third Yugoslavia in which all Serbs with their territories would live together in the same state.[64]
Journalist Giuseppe Zaccaria summarised a meeting of Serb army officers in Belgrade in 1992, reporting they had adopted an explicit policy to target women and children as the vulnerable portion of the Muslim social structure.[65]According to some sources, the RAM plan was crafted in the 1980s.[66]Its existence was leaked byAnte Marković,thePrime Minister of Yugoslavia,an ethnic Croat from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The existence and possible implementation of it alarmed the Bosnian government.[67][68]
Final political crisis
editOn 15 October 1991, the parliament of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina inSarajevopassed a "Memorandum on the Sovereignty of Bosnia-Herzegovina"by a simple majority.[69][70]The Memorandum was hotly contested by the Bosnian Serb members of parliament, arguing the Constitution required procedural safeguards anda two-thirds majorityfor such issues. The Memorandum was debated anyway, leading to a boycott of the parliament by the Bosnian Serbs, and the legislation was passed.[71]The Serb political representatives proclaimed theAssembly of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovinaon 24 October 1991, declaring that the Serb people wished to remain in Yugoslavia.[57]TheParty of Democratic Action(SDA), led by Alija Izetbegović, was determined to pursue independence and was supported by Europe and the US[72]The SDS made it clear that if independence was declared, Serbs would secede as it was their right to exercise self-determination.[72]
The HDZ BiH was established as a branch of the ruling party in Croatia, theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ). While it called for the independence of the country, there was a split in the party with some advocating secession of Croat-majority areas.[73]In November 1991, the Croat leadership organised autonomous communities in areas with a Croat majority. On 12 November 1991, theCroatian Community of Bosnian Posavinawas established inBosanski Brod.It covered 8 municipalities in northern Bosnia.[74]On 18 November 1991, the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia was established in Mostar.Mate Bobanwas chosen as its president.[75]Its founding document said: "The Community will respect the democratically elected government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina for as long as exists the state independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in relation to the former, or any other, Yugoslavia".[76]
Borisav Jović's memoirs show that on 5 December 1991 Milošević ordered the JNA troops in BiH to be reorganised and its non-Bosnian personnel to be withdrawn, in case recognition would result in the perception of the JNA as a foreign force; Bosnian Serbs would remain to form the nucleus of a Bosnian Serb army.[77]Accordingly, by the end of the month only 10–15% of the personnel in the JNA in BiH were from outside the republic.[77]Silber and Little note that Milošević secretly ordered all Bosnian-born JNA soldiers to be transferred to BiH.[77]Jović's memoirs suggest that Milošević planned for an attack on Bosnia well in advance.[77]
On 9 January 1992, the Bosnian Serbs proclaimed the "Republic of the Serbian People in Bosnia-Herzegovina" (SR BiH, laterRepublika Srpska), but did not officially declare independence.[57]TheArbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslaviain its 11 January 1992 Opinion No. 4 on Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina should not be recognised because the country had not yet held a referendum on independence.[78]
On 25 January 1992, an hour after the session of parliament was adjourned, the parliament called for a referendum on independence on 29 February and 1 March.[69]The debate had ended after Serb deputies withdrew after the majority Bosniak–Croat delegates turned down a motion that the referendum question be placed before the not yet established Council of National Equality.[79]The referendum proposal was adopted in the form as proposed by Muslim deputies, in the absence of SDS members.[79]As Burg and Shoup note, "the decision placed the Bosnian government and the Serbs on a collision course".[79]The upcoming referendum caused international concern in February.[80]
The Croatian War would result inUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 743on 21 February 1992, which created theUnited Nations Protection Force(UNPROFOR). During talks inLisbonon 21–22 February apeace planwas presented by EC mediatorJosé Cutileiro,which proposed the independent state of Bosnia to be divided into three constituent units. Agreement was denounced by the Bosniak leadership on 25 February.[80]On 28 February 1992, the Constitution of the SR BiH declared that the territory of that Republic included "the territories of the Serbian Autonomous Regions and Districts and of other Serbian ethnic entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the regions in which the Serbian people remained in the minority due to the genocide conducted against it in World War II", and it was declared to be a part of Yugoslavia.[81]
The Bosnian Serb assembly members advised Serbs to boycott the referendums held on 29 February and 1 March 1992. The turnout to the referendums was reported as 64%, with 93% of voters voting in favour of independence (implying that Bosnian Serbs, who made up approximately 34% of the population, largely boycotted the referendum).[82]The Serb political leadership used the referendums as a pretext to set up roadblocks in protest. Independence was formally declared by the Bosnian parliament on 3 March 1992.[32]
March 1992 unrest
editDuring the referendum on 1 March, Sarajevo was quiet except for a Serbian wedding being fired upon.[83]The brandishing of Serbian flags in theBaščaršijawas seen by Muslims as a deliberate provocation on the day of the referendum.[84]Nikola Gardović,the bridegroom's father, was killed, and aSerbian Orthodox priestwas wounded. Witnesses identified the killer asRamiz Delalić,a gangster who had become a brazen criminal since the fall of communism and was stated to have been a member of the Bosniak paramilitary group the "Green Berets".Arrest warrants were issued against him and another suspected assailant. SDS denounced the killing and claimed the failure to arrest him was due to SDA or Bosnian government complicity.[85][86]A SDS spokesman stated it was evidence that Serbs were in mortal danger and would be further so in an independent Bosnia, which was rejected bySefer Halilović,founder of thePatriotic League,who stated it was not a wedding but a provocation and accused the wedding guests of being SDS activists. Barricades appeared the following morning at key transit points across the city and were manned by armed and masked SDS supporters.[87]
Following Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992, sporadic fighting broke out between Serbs and government forces all across the territory.[88]On 18 March 1992, all three sides signed theLisbon Agreement:Alija Izetbegovićfor the Bosniaks,Radovan Karadžićfor the Serbs andMate Bobanfor the Croats. However, on 28 March 1992, Izetbegović, after meeting with the US ambassador to YugoslaviaWarren Zimmermannin Sarajevo, withdrew his signature and declared his opposition to any type of ethnic division of Bosnia.
What was said and by whom remains unclear. Zimmerman denies that he told Izetbegovic that if he withdrew his signature, the United States would grant recognition to Bosnia as an independent state. What is indisputable is that Izetbegovic, that same day, withdrew his signature and renounced the agreement.[89]
In late March 1992, there was fighting between Serbs and combined Croat and Bosniak forces in and nearBosanski Brod,[90]resulting in thekilling of Serbs in Sijekovac.[91]Serb paramilitaries committed theBijeljina massacre,most of the victims were Bosniaks, on 1–2 April 1992.[92]
Factions
editThere were three factions in the Bosnian War:
- Bosnian (mainly ethnicallyBosniak), loyal to theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croat, loyal to theCroatian Republic of Herzeg-BosniaandCroatia
- Serb (or Yugoslav), loyal to theRepublika SrpskaandFR Yugoslavia
The three ethnic groups predominantly supported their respective ethnic or national faction: Bosniaks mainly the ARBiH, Croats the HVO, Serbs the VRS. There wereforeign volunteersin each faction.
Bosnian
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The Bosnians mainly organised into theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina(Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine,ARBiH) as the armed forces of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina were divided into five Corps. 1st Corps operated in the region of Sarajevo and Goražde, while the stronger 5th Corps was positioned in the westernBosanska Krajinapocket, which cooperated with HVO units in and aroundBihać.The Bosnian government forces were poorly equipped and unprepared for war.[93]
Sefer Halilović,Chief of Staff of the Bosnian Territorial Defense, claimed in June 1992 that his forces were 70% Muslim, 18% Croat and 12% Serb.[94]The percentage of Serb and Croat soldiers in the Bosnian Army was particularly high in Sarajevo, Mostar and Tuzla.[95]The deputy commander of the Bosnian Army's Headquarters, was generalJovan Divjak,the highest-ranking ethnic Serb in the Bosnian Army. GeneralStjepan Šiber,an ethnic Croat was the second deputy commander. Izetbegović also appointedcolonelBlaž Kraljević,commander of theCroatian Defence ForcesinHerzegovina,to be a member of Bosnian Army's Headquarters, seven days before Kraljević's assassination, in order to assemble a multi-ethnic pro-Bosnian defense front.[96]This diversity was to reduce over the course of the war.[94][97]
The Bosnian government lobbied to have the arms embargo lifted, but that was opposed by the United Kingdom, France and Russia. U.S. proposals to pursue this policy were known aslift and strike.The U.S. Congress passed two resolutions calling for the embargo to be lifted, but both were vetoed by PresidentBill Clintonfor fear of creating a rift between the US and the aforementioned countries. Nonetheless, the United States used both "black"C-130 transport planes andback channels,includingIslamistgroups, to smuggle weapons to Bosnian-Muslim forces, as well as allowed Iranian-supplied arms to transit through Croatia to Bosnia.[98][99][100]However, in light of widespread NATO opposition to American (and possibly Turkish) endeavors in coordinating the "black flights ofTuzla",the United Kingdom and Norway expressed disapproval of these measures and their counterproductive effects on NATO enforcement of the arms embargo.[101]
During 1992–1995, Pakistan'sInter-Services Intelligencesecretly supplied the Muslim fighters with arms, ammunition and guided anti-tank missiles to give them a chance against the Serbs. Pakistan was thus defying the UN arms embargo. GeneralJaved Nasirlater claimed that the ISI had airlifted anti-tank guided missiles to Bosnia, which ultimately turned the tide in favour of Bosnian Muslims and forced the Serbs to lift the siege.[102][103][104]
In his bookThe Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the Presidentfrom 2009, historian and authorTaylor Branch,a friend of U.S. PresidentBill Clinton,made public more than 70 recorded sessions with the president during his presidency from 1993 through 2001.[105][106]According to a session taped on 14 October 1993, it is stated that:
Clinton said U.S. allies in Europe blocked proposals to adjust or remove the embargo. They justified their opposition on plausible humanitarian grounds, arguing that more arms would only fuel the bloodshed, but privately, said the president, key allies objected that an independent Bosnia would be "unnatural" as the only Muslim nation in Europe. He said they favored the embargo precisely because it locked in Bosnia's disadvantage. [..] When I expressed shock at such cynicism, reminiscent of the blind-eye diplomacy regarding the plight of Europe's Jews during World War II, President Clinton only shrugged. He said PresidentFrançois Mitterrandof France had been especially blunt in saying that Bosnia did not belong, and that British officials also spoke of a painful but realistic restoration of Christian Europe. Against Britain and France, he said, German chancellor Helmut Kohl among others had supported moves to reconsider the United Nations arms embargo, failing in part because Germany did not hold a seat on the U.N. Security Council.
— Taylor Branch,The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President[107]
Croat
editThe Croats started organizing their military forces in late 1991. On 8 April 1992, theCroatian Defence Council(Hrvatsko vijeće obrane,HVO) was founded as the "supreme body of Croatian defence in Herzeg-Bosnia".[108]The HVO was organised in four Operative Zones with headquarters in Mostar, Tomislavgrad, Vitez and Orašje.[109]In February 1993, the HVO Main Staff estimated the strength of the HVO at 34,080 officers and men.[4]Its armaments included around 50 main battle tanks, mainly T-34 and T-55, and 500 various artillery weapons.[110]
At the beginning of the war, the Croatian government helped arm both the Croat and Bosniak forces.[111]Logistics centres were established in Zagreb and Rijeka for the recruitment of soldiers for the ARBiH.[112]TheCroatian National Guard(Zbor Narodne Garde, ZNG), later renamed officially toCroatian Army(Hrvatska vojska,HV) was engaged in Bosnian Posavina, Herzegovina and Western Bosnia against the Serb forces.[113]During theCroat-Bosniak conflict,the Croatian government provided arms for the HVO and organised the sending of units of volunteers, with origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the HVO.[114]
TheCroatian Defence Forces(HOS), the paramilitary wing of theCroatian Party of Rights,fought against the Serb forces together with the HVO and ARBiH. The HOS was disbanded shortly after the death of their commanderBlaž Kraljevićand incorporated into the HVO and ARBiH.[115]
Serb
editTheArmy of Republika Srpska(Vojska Republike Srpske,VRS) was established on 12 May 1992. It was loyal toRepublika Srpska,the Serbian-populated portion of Bosnia which did not wish to break away fromYugoslavia.Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadžić stated "Our optimum is aGreater Serbia,and if not that, then a Federal Yugoslavia ".[116]
Serbia provided logistical support, money and supplies to the VRS. Bosnian Serbs had made up a substantial part of the JNA officer corps. Milošević relied on the Bosnian Serbs to win the war themselves. Most of the command chain, weaponry, and higher-ranked military personnel, including GeneralRatko Mladić,were from the JNA.[117]
Paramilitary and volunteers
editVarious paramilitary units operated during the Bosnian War: the Serb "White Eagles"(Beli Orlovi) and "Serbian Volunteer Guard"(Srpska Dobrovoljačka Garda), also known as "Arkan's Tigers"; the Bosnian "Patriotic League"(Patriotska Liga) and "Green Berets"(Zelene Beretke); and Croat "Croatian Defence Forces"(Hrvatske Obrambene Snage), etc. The Serb and Croat paramilitaries involved volunteers from Serbia and Croatia, and were supported by nationalist political parties in those countries.
The war attracted foreign fighters[118][119]and mercenaries from various countries. Volunteers came to fight for a variety of reasons, including religious or ethnic loyalties and in some cases for money. As a general rule, Bosniaks received support from Islamic countries, Serbs from Eastern Orthodox countries, and Croats from Catholic countries. The presence of foreign fighters is well documented, however none of these groups comprised more than 5 percent of any of the respective armies' total manpower strength.[120]
The Bosnian Serbs received support from Christian Slavic fighters from various countries in Eastern Europe,[121][122]including volunteers from otherOrthodox Christiancountries. These included hundreds of Russians,[123]around 100 Greeks,[124]and some Ukrainians and Romanians.[124]Some estimate as many as 1,000 such volunteers.[125]Greekvolunteers of theGreek Volunteer Guardwere reported to have taken part in theSrebrenica Massacre,with theGreek flagbeing hoisted in Srebrenica when the town fell to the Serbs.[126]
Some individuals from other European countries volunteered to fight for the Croat side, includingNeo-Nazissuch asJackie Arklöv,who was charged with war crimes upon his return toSweden.Later he confessed he committedwar crimeson Bosnian Muslim civilians in theHeliodromandDretelj campsas a member of Croatian forces.[127]
The Bosnians received support from Muslim groups. Pakistan supported Bosnia while providing technical and military support.[128][129]Pakistan'sInter-Services Intelligence(ISI) allegedly ran an activemilitary intelligenceprogram during the Bosnian War which started in 1992 lasting until 1995. Executed and supervised by PakistaniGeneralJaved Nasir,the program provided logistics and ammunition supplies to various groups ofBosnian mujahideenduring the war. The ISI Bosnian contingent was organised withfinancial assistance provided by Saudi Arabia,according to the British historianMark Curtis.[130]
According toThe Washington Post,Saudi Arabia provided $300 million in weapons to government forces in Bosnia with the knowledge and tacit cooperation of the United States, a claim denied by US officials.[131]Foreign Muslim fighters also joined the ranks of the Bosnian Muslims, including from the Lebanese guerrilla organisationHezbollah,[132]and the global organizational-Qaeda.[133][134][135][136]
Prelude
editFrom July 1991 to January 1992, during theCroatian War of Independence,the JNA and Serb paramilitaries used Bosnian territory to mount attacks on Croatia.[137][138]The JNA armed Bosnian Serbs, and the Croatian Defence Force armed Herzegovinian Croats during the war in Croatia.[139]The Bosnian Muslim Green Berets were already established in the autumn of 1991, and drew up a defense plan in February 1992.[139]It was estimated that 250–300,000 Bosnians were armed, and that some 10,000 were fighting in Croatia.[140]By March 1992, perhaps three-quarters of the country were claimed by Serb and Croat nationalists.[140]On 4 April 1992, Izetbegović ordered all reservists and police in Sarajevo to mobilise, and SDS called for evacuation of the city's Serbs, marking the "definite rupture between the Bosnian government and Serbs".[141]Bosnia and Herzegovina received international recognition on 6 April 1992.[32]The most common view is that the war started that day.[142]
Course of the war
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The war in Bosnia escalated in April.[143]On 3 April, theBattle of Kupresbegan between the JNA and a combined HV-HVO force that ended in a JNA victory.[144]On 6 April, Serb forces began shellingSarajevo,and in the next two days crossed theDrinafromSerbia properand besieged Muslim-majorityZvornik,VišegradandFoča.[141]After the capture of Zvornik, Bosnian Serb troops killed several hundred Muslims and forced tens of thousands to flee.[145]All of Bosnia was engulfed in war by mid-April.[141]On 23 April, the JNA evacuated its personnel by helicopter from the barracks inČapljina,[146]which had been blockaded since 4 March.[147]There were efforts to halt violence.[148]On 27 April, the Bosnian government ordered the JNA to be put under civilian control or expelled, which was followed by conflicts in early May between the two.[149]Prijedor was taken over by Serbs on 30 April.[150]On 2 May, the Green Berets and local gang members fought back a disorganised Serb attack aimed at cutting Sarajevo in two.[149]On 3 May, Izetbegović was kidnapped at the Sarajevo airport by JNA officers, and used to gain safe passage of JNA troops from downtown Sarajevo.[149]However, Bosnian forcesattacked the departing JNA convoy,which embittered all sides.[149]A ceasefire and agreement on evacuation of the JNA was signed on 18 May, and on 20 May the Bosnian presidency declared the JNA an occupation force.[149]
TheArmy of Republika Srpskawas newly established and put under the command of GeneralRatko Mladić,in a new phase of the war.[149]Shellings on Sarajevo on 24, 26, 28 and 29 May were attributed to Mladić by UN Secretary-GeneralBoutros Boutros-Ghali.[151]Civilian casualties of a 27 May shelling led to Western intervention, in the form of sanctions imposed on 30 May throughUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 757.[151]Bosnian forces attacked JNA barracks in the city, which was followed by heavy shelling.[151]On 5 and 6 June the last JNA personnel left the city during street fighting and shelling.[151]The 20 June ceasefire, executed in order for UN takeover of the Sarajevo airport for humanitarian flights, was broken as both sides battled for the territory between the city and airport.[151]The airport crisis led to Boutros-Ghali's ultimatum on 26 June, that the Serbs stop attacks on the city, allow the UN to take the airport, and place their heavy weapons under UN supervision.[151]Meanwhile, media reported that Bush considered the use of force in Bosnia.[151]World public opinion was "decisively and permanently against the Serbs" following media reports on the sniping and shelling of Sarajevo.[152]
Outside of Sarajevo, the combatants' successes varied greatly in 1992.[152]Serbs had seized Muslim-majority cities along the Drina and Sava rivers and expelled their Muslim population within months.[152]A joint Bosnian–HVO offensive in May, having taken advantage of the confusion following JNA withdrawal, reversed Serb advances intoPosavinaand central Bosnia.[152]The offensive continued southwards, besieging Doboj, thereby cutting off Serb forces inBosanska KrajinafromSemberijaand Serbia.[152]In mid-May, Srebrenica was retaken by Bosnian forces underNaser Orić.[152]Serb forces suffered a costly defeat in eastern Bosnia in May, when according to Serbian accounts Avdo Palić's force was ambushed near Srebrenica, killing 400.[152]From May to August,Goražde was besiegedby the VRS, until the siege was broken by the ARBiH on 1 September.[153]In April 1992, theCroatian Defence Council(HVO) entered Orašje and, according to Croatian sources, began a campaign of harassment against Serb civilians, including torture, rape and murder.[154][155]
On 15 May 1992,a JNA column was ambushed in Tuzla.92nd Motorised JNA Brigade received orders to leave Tuzla and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and enter Serbia. An agreement was made with the Bosnian government that JNA units would be allowed until 19 May to leave Bosnia peacefully. Despite the agreement, the convoy was attacked in Tuzla's Brčanska Malta district with rifles and rocket launchers; mines were placed along its route. 52 JNA soldiers were killed and over 40 were wounded, most ethnic Serbs.[156][157]
TheRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovinawas admitted as a member state of the UN on 22 May 1992.[158]World public opinion was shaken by the existence of concentration camps established by theYugoslav People's Army(JNA) and the authorities ofRepublika Srpska(RS), where thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Croat civilians were tortured, and killed.[159][160] Following theoccupation of the Prijedorregion, Muslim civilians were captured and transported to camps such asOmarska,Trnopolje,Keraterm,Manjača,where they endured months of inhumane treatment and torture.[161][162] A significant number were killed or disappeared, marking the gravest crime in the war until theSrebrenica genocide3 years later.[163][164] Other camps for non-Serbs were established throughout Bosnia in thecampaign of ethnic cleansing,includingLuka,Liplje,Batković,Sušica,Uzamnica,[165][166]as well as camps for the rape of women inFočaandVišegrad.Bosniaks and Croats set up camps, with significantly fewer prisoners.[167]The ICTY convicted about 20 individuals for crimes in these camps.[168][169][170][171][172][173]
From May to December 1992, theBosnian Ministry of the Interior(BiH MUP), HVO and later theBosnian Territorial Defence Forces(TO RBiH) operated theČelebići camp.It was used to detain Bosnian Serbprisoners of war,many were elderly, arrested during operations intended to de-block routes to Sarajevo andMostarin May 1992 which had earlier been blocked by Serb forces.[174]Of the 700 prisoners, at least 13 died while in captivity.[175]Detainees were subjected to torture, sexual assaults, beatings and other cruel and inhuman treatment. Certain prisoners were shot, or beaten to death.[176][177]
On 6 May 1992, Mate Boban met with Radovan Karadžić inGraz,Austria,where they reachedan agreementfor a ceasefire and discussed a demarcation between a Croat and Serb territorial unit, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[178][179]However, the ceasefire was broken the following day, when the JNA and Bosnian Serb forces mounted an attack on Croat-held positions in Mostar.[180]In June 1992, Bosnian Serb forces attacked and pounded the Bosnian village of Žepa, which would lead to the 3-year longsiege of Žepa.
By June 1992, refugees and internally displaced persons had reached 2.6 million.[181]By September 1992, Croatia had accepted 335,985 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly Bosniak civilians (excluding men of military age).[182]The number of refugees significantly strained the Croatian economy and infrastructure.[183]Then-U.S. Ambassador to Croatia,Peter Galbraith,put the number of refugees in Croatia into a proper perspective in an interview on 8 November 1993. He said the situation would be the equivalent of the US taking in 30,000,000 refugees.[184]The number of Bosnian refugees in Croatia, was surpassed only by the number of the internally displaced persons within Bosnia and Herzegovina itself, at 588,000.[182]Serbia took in 252,130 refugees from Bosnia, while other former Yugoslav republics received a total of 148,657 people.[182]
In June 1992, the Bosnian Serbs startedOperation Corridorin northern Bosnia against HV–HVO forces, to secure an open road between Belgrade, Banja Luka, and Knin.[185]The reported deaths of 12 newborn babies in Banja Luka hospital due to a shortage ofbottled oxygenforincubatorswas cited as an immediate cause for the action,[186]but the veracity of these deaths has been questioned. Borisav Jović, a contemporary high-ranking Serbian official and member of theYugoslav Presidency,has claimed the report waspropaganda,stating that Banja Luka had 2 bottled oxygen production plants in its immediate vicinity and was self-reliant in that respect.[187]Operation Corridor began on 14 June 1992, when the16th Krajina Motorized Brigadeof the VRS, aided by a VRS tank company fromDoboj,began the offensive nearDerventa.The VRS capturedModričaon 28 June,Derventaon 4–5 July, andOdžakon 12 July. The HV–HVO forces were reduced to isolated positions aroundBosanski BrodandOrašje,which held out during August and September. The VRS managed to break through their lines in early October and capture Bosanski Brod. Most remaining Croat forces withdrew north to Croatia. The HV–HVO continued to hold the Orašje enclave and were able to repel an VRS attack in November.[188]On 21 June 1992, Bosniak forces entered the Bosnian Serb village of Ratkovići near Srebrenica and murdered 24 Serb civilians.[189]
In June 1992, the UNPROFOR, originally deployed in Croatia, had its mandate extended into Bosnia and Herzegovina, initially to protect the Sarajevo International Airport.[190][191]In September, the role of UNPROFOR was expanded to protect humanitarian aid and assist relief delivery in the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to help protect civilian refugees when required by theRed Cross.[192]
On 4 August 1992, the IV Knight Motorised Brigade of the ARBiH attempted to break through the circle surrounding Sarajevo,and a fierce battle ensued between the ARBiH and the VRS in and around the damagedFAMOSfactoryin the suburb ofHrasnica.The VRS repelled the attack, but failed to take Hrasnica in a decisive counterattack.[193]
On 12 August 1992, the name of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was changed to Republika Srpska (RS).[81][194]By November 1992, 1,000 square kilometres (400 sq mi) of eastern Bosnia was under Muslim control.[152]
Croat–Bosniak relations in late 1992
editThe Croat–Bosniak alliance, formed at the beginning of the war, was often not harmonious.[2]The existence of two parallel commands caused problems in coordinating the two armies against the VRS.[195]An attempt to create a joint HVO and TO military headquarters in mid-April failed.[196]On 21 July 1992, theAgreement on Friendship and Cooperationwas signed by Tuđman and Izetbegović, establishing a military cooperation between the two armies.[197]At a session held on 6 August, the Bosnian Presidency accepted HVO as an integral part of the Bosnian armed forces.[198]
Despite these attempts, tensions steadily increased throughout the second half of 1992.[196]An armed conflict occurred in Busovača in early May and another one on 13 June. On 19 June, a conflict between the units of the TO on one side, and HVO and HOS units on the other side broke out in Novi Travnik. Incidents were also recorded in Konjic in July, and in Kiseljak and the Croat settlement of Stup in Sarajevo during August.[199]On 14 September, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the proclamation of Herzeg-Bosnia unconstitutional.[200]
On 18 October, a dispute over a petrol station nearNovi Travnikthat was shared by both armies escalated into armed conflict in the town centre. The situation worsened after HVO Commander Ivica Stojak was killed near Travnik on 20 October.[201]On the same day, fighting escalated on an ARBiH roadblock set on the main road through the Lašva Valley. Spontaneous clashes spread throughout the region and resulted in almost 50 casualties until a ceasefire was negotiated by the UNPROFOR on 21 October.[202]On 23 October, a major battle between the ARBiH and the HVO started in the town ofProzorin northern Herzegovina and resulted in an HVO victory.[203]
On 29 October, theVRS captured Jajce.The town was defended by both the HVO and the ARBiH, but the lack of cooperation, as well as an advantage in troop size and firepower for the VRS, led to the fall of the town.[204][205]Croat refugees from Jajce fled to Herzegovina and Croatia, while around 20,000 Bosniak refugees settled in Travnik, Novi Travnik, Vitez, Busovača, and villages near Zenica.[205]Despite the October confrontations, and with each side blaming the other for the fall of Jajce, there were no large-scale clashes and a general military alliance was still in effect.[206]Tuđman and Izetbegović met in Zagreb on 1 November 1992 and agreed to establish a Joint Command of HVO and ARBiH.[207]
1993
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On 7 January 1993, OrthodoxChristmas Day,8th Operational Unit Srebrenica, a unit of the ARBiH under the command ofNaser Orić,attacked the village of KravicanearBratunac.46 Serbs died in the attack: 35 soldiers and 11 civilians.[208][209][210]119 Serb civilians and 424 Serb soldiers died inBratunacduring the war.[210]Republika Srpska claimed that the ARBiH forces torched Serb homes and massacred civilians. However, this could not be verified during the ICTY trials, which concluded that many homes were already destroyed and that thesiege of Srebrenicacaused hunger, forcing Bosniaks to attack nearby Serb villages to acquire food to survive. In 2006, Orić was found guilty by the ICTY on the charges of not preventing murder of Serbs, but was acquitted of all charges on appeal.[211]
On 8 January 1993, Serb forces killed the deputy prime minister of the RBiHHakija Turajlićafter stopping the UN convoy transporting him from the airport.[212]On 16 January 1993, soldiers of the ARBiHattacked the Bosnian Serb village of Skelani,nearSrebrenica.[213][214]69 people were killed, 185 were wounded.[213][214]Among the victims were 6 children.[215][214]
peace planswere proposed by the UN, US and European Community (EC), but they had little impact on the war. These included theVance-Owen Peace Plan,revealed in January 1993.[216]The plan was presented by UN Special EnvoyCyrus Vanceand EC representativeDavid Owen.It envisioned Bosnia and Herzegovina as a decentralised state with ten autonomous provinces.[217]
On 22 February 1993, theUnited Nations Security CouncilpassedResolution 808"that an international tribunal shall be established for the prosecution of persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law".[218]On 15–16 May, the Vance-Owen peace plan wasrejected in a referendum.[219][220]The peace plan was viewed by some as one of the factors leading to the escalation of the Croat–Bosniak conflict in central Bosnia.[221]
On 31 March 1993, the Security Council issuedResolution 816,calling on member states to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina.[222]On 12 April 1993, NATO commencedOperation Deny Flightto enforce this no-fly zone.[223]On 25 May 1993 theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia(ICTY) was formally established byUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 827.[218]
In late July, representatives of Bosnia's three warring factions entered into a new round of negotiations. On 20 August, UN mediatorsThorvald StoltenbergandDavid Owen,showed a map that would set the stage for Bosnia to be partitioned into 3 ethnic states. Bosnian-Serbs would be given 52% of Bosnia's territory, Muslims 30% and Bosnian-Croats 18%. Alija Izetbegović rejected the plan on 29 August.
Outbreak of the Croat–Bosniak War
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Much of 1993 was dominated by theCroat–Bosniak War.[207]In early January, the HVO and the ARBiH clashed inGornji Vakufin central Bosnia. A temporary ceasefire was reached after days of fighting, with UNPROFOR mediation.[224]The war spread from Gornji Vakuf intoBusovačain the second half of January.[225]Busovača was the main intersection point of the lines of communication in theLašva Valley.By 26 January, the ARBiH seized control of villages in the area, includingKaćuniandBilalovacon the Busovača–Kiseljak road, thus isolating Kiseljak from Busovača. In the Kiseljak area, the ARBiH secured the villages northeast of the town of Kiseljak, but most of the municipality and the town itself remained in HVO control.[226]On 26 January, six POWs and a Serb civilian were killed by the ARBiH in the village of Dusina, north of Busovača.[227]The fighting in Busovača also led to Bosniak civilian casualties.[228]
On 30 January, ARBiH and HVO leaders met inVitez,together with representatives from UNPROFOR and other foreign observers, and signed a ceasefire in the area of central Bosnia, which came into effect the following day.[229]The situation was still tense soEnver Hadžihasanović,commander of ARBiH's3rd Corps,andTihomir Blaškić,commander of HVO's Operative Zone Central Bosnia, had a meeting on 13 February where a joint ARBiH-HVO commission was formed to resolve incidents.[230]The January ceasefire in central Bosnia held through to early April, despite minor incidents.[231]The Croats attributed the escalation of the conflict to the increased Islamic policy of the Bosniaks, while Bosniaks accused the Croat side of separatism.[15]
Central Bosnia
editThe beginning of April was marked by incidents in central Bosnia between Bosniak and Croat civilians and soldiers, including assaults, murders and armed confrontations.[232]The most serious were the kidnapping of four members of the HVO outsideNovi Travnik,and of HVO commander Živko Totić near Zenica by the mujahideen. The ARBiH representatives denied any involvement and a joint ARBiH-HVO commission was formed to investigate. The HVO personnel were subsequently exchanged in May for POWs that were arrested by the HVO.[233]The April incidents escalated into an armed conflict on 15 April in the area of Vitez, Busovača, Kiseljak and Zenica. The outnumbered HVO in the Zenica municipality was quickly defeated, followed by an exodus of Croat civilians.[234]
In the Busovača municipality, the ARBiH gained some ground and inflicted heavy casualties on the HVO, but the HVO held the town of Busovača and the Kaonik intersection between Busovača and Vitez.[235]The ARBiH failed to cut the HVO held Kiseljak enclave into smaller parts and isolate the town of Fojnica from Kiseljak.[236]Many Bosniak civilians were detained or forced to leave Kiseljak.[237]
In the Vitez area, Blaškić used his limited forces to carry out spoiling attacks on the ARBiH, thus preventing the ARBiH from cutting of the Travnik–Busovača road and seizing the SPS explosives factory in Vitez.[238]On 16 April, the HVO launched a spoiling attack on Ahmići, east of Vitez. After the attacking units breached the ARBiH lines and entered the village, groups of irregular HVO units went from house to house, burning them and killing civilians. When Croat forces arrived in Ahmići, they left all Croats alone,[239]and massacred the Muslims who could not flee in time.[239]TheAhmići massacreresulted in more than 100 killed Bosniak civilians.[239][240][241]The massacre was discovered by UN peacekeeping troops of the 1st Battalion,Cheshire Regiment,[242]drawn from theBritish Army,under the command of ColonelBob Stewart.[243][244][245]The Bosnian Government made a monument dedicated to all 116 victims.[239]Elsewhere in the area, the HVO blocked the ARBiH forces in the Stari Vitez quarter of Vitez and prevented an ARBiH advance south of the town.[246][247]On 24 April, mujahideen forces attacked theMiletićinortheast of Travnik and killed four Croat civilians.[247]The rest of the captured civilians were taken to the Poljanice camp.[227][247]However, the conflict did not spread to Travnik and Novi Travnik, though the HVO and the ARBiH brought in reinforcements from this area.[248]On 25 April, Izetbegović and Boban signed a ceasefire.[249]ARBiH Chief of Staff,Sefer Halilović,and HVO Chief of Staff,Milivoj Petković,met on a weekly basis to solve issues and implement the ceasefire.[250]However, the truce was not respected on the ground and the HVO and ARBiH forces were still engaged in the Busovača area until 30 April.[235]
Herzegovina
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The Croat–Bosniak War spread from central Bosnia to northern Herzegovina on 14 April with an ARBiH attack on a HVO-held village outside ofKonjic.The HVO responded, capturing 3 villages northeast ofJablanica.[251]On 16 April, 15 Croat civilians and 7 POWs were killed by the ARBiH in the village ofTrusina,north of Jablanica.[252]The battles of Konjic and Jablanica lasted until May, with the ARBiH taking control of both towns and nearby villages.[251]
By mid-April, Mostar had become a divided city with the majority-Croat western part dominated by the HVO, and the majority-Bosniak eastern part dominated by the ARBiH. TheBattle of Mostarbegan on 9 May when both the east and west parts of the city came under artillery fire.[253]Street battles followed, despite a ceasefire signed on 13 May by Milivoj Petković and Sefer Halilović, until 21 May.[254]The HVO established prison camps inDreteljnear Čapljina and inHeliodrom,[255]while the ARBiH formed prison camps inPotociand in a school in eastern Mostar.[256]The battle was renewed on 30 June. The ARBiH secured the northern approaches to Mostar and the east of the city, but their advance to the south was repelled by the HVO.[257]
June–July Offensives
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In the first week of June, the ARBiH attacked the HVO headquarters in Travnik and HVO units positioned on the front lines against the VRS. After three days of street fighting the outnumbered HVO forces were defeated, with thousands of Croat civilians and soldiers fleeing to nearby Serb-held territory as they were cut off from HVO-held positions. The ARBiH offensive continued east of Travnik to secure the road to Zenica, which was achieved by 14 June.[258][259]On 8 June, 24 Croat civilians and POWs were killed by the mujahideen near the village of Bikoši.[260]
A similar development took place in Novi Travnik. On 9 June, the ARBiH attacked HVO units positioned east of the town, facing the VRS in Donji Vakuf, and the next day fighting followed in Novi Travnik.[261]By 15 June, the ARBiH secured the area northwest of the town, while the HVO kept the northeast part of the municipality and the town of Novi Travnik. The battle continued into July with only minor changes on the front lines.[262]
The HVO in the town of Kakanj was overran in mid June and around 13–15,000 Croat refugees fled to Kiseljak and Vareš.[263]In the Kiseljak enclave, the HVO held off an attack onKreševo,but lost Fojnica on 3 July.[264]On 24 June, theBattle of Žepčebegan that ended with an ARBiH defeat on 30 June.[265]In late July the ARBiHseized control of Bugojno,[263]leading to the departure of 15,000 Croats.[255]A prison camp was established in the football stadium, where around 800 Croats were sent.[266]
At the beginning of September, the ARBiH launched an operation known asOperation Neretva '93against the HVO in Herzegovina and central Bosnia, on a 200 km long front. It was one of their largest offensives in 1993. The ARBiH expanded its territory west of Jablanica and secured the road to eastern Mostar, while the HVO kept the area of Prozor and secured its forces rear in western Mostar.[267]During the night of 8/9 September, at least 13 Croat civilians were killed by the ARBiH in theGrabovica massacre.29 Croat civilians and onePOWwere killed in theUzdol massacreon 14 September.[268][269]
On 23 October, 37 Bosniaks were killed by the HVO in theStupni Do massacre.[270]It was used as an excuse for an ARBiH attack on the HVO-held Vareš enclave at the beginning of November. Croat civilians and soldiers abandoned Vareš on 3 November and fled to Kiseljak. The ARBiH entered Vareš on the following day, which was looted.[271]
May–June 1993 UN Safe Areas extension
editIn an attempt to protect civilians, the role of UNPROFOR was extended in May 1993 to protect the "safe havens" the UN Security Council had declared around Sarajevo,Goražde,Srebrenica,Tuzla,ŽepaandBihaćinResolution 824of 6 May 1993.[272]On 4 June 1993 the UN Security Council passedResolution 836authorising use of force by UNPROFOR in the protection of the safe zones.[273]On 15 June 1993,Operation Sharp Guard,a naval blockade in theAdriatic Seaby NATO and theWestern European Union,began and continued until it was lifted in June 1996 on termination of the UN arms embargo.[273]
The HVO and the ARBiH continued to fight side by side against the VRS in some areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Bihać pocket, Bosnian Posavina and the Tešanj area. Despite some animosity, an HVO brigade of around 1,500 soldiers fought along with the ARBiH in Sarajevo.[274][275]In other areas where the alliance collapsed, the VRS occasionally cooperated with both the HVO and ARBiH, pursuing a local balancing policy and allying with the weaker side.[276]
1994
editThe forced deportations of Bosniaks from Serb-held territories and the resulting refugee crisis continued to escalate. Thousands of people were being bused out of Bosnia each month, threatened on religious grounds. As a result, Croatia was strained by 500,000 refugees, and in mid-1994 the Croatian authorities forbade entry to a group of 462 refugees fleeing northern Bosnia, forcing UNPROFOR to improvise shelter for them.[277]Between 30 March and 23 April 1994, the Serbs launched another major offensive against the town with the primary objective of overrunning Goražde. On 9 April 1994, theSecretary General of the UN,citingSecurity Resolution 836,threatened airstrikes on the Serbian forces which were attacking the Goražde enclave. For the next two days,NATOplanes carried out air strikes against Serb tanks and outposts.[278]However, these attacks did little to stop the overwhelming Bosnian Serb Army.[278]The Bosnian Serb Army surrounded 150 UNPROFOR soldiers taking them hostage in Goražde.[278]Knowing Goražde would fall unless there was foreign intervention, NATO issued the Serbs an ultimatum, which they were forced to comply with. Under the conditions of the ultimatum, the Serbs had to withdraw all militias to 3 km from the town by 23 April 1994, and all of their artillery and armored vehicles 20 km (12 mi) from the town by 26 April 1994. The VRS complied.[279]
Markale massacre
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On 5 February 1994Sarajevosuffered its deadliest single attack of the entiresiegewith thefirst Markale massacre,when a 120 millimeter mortar shell landed in the centre of the crowded marketplace, killing 68 people and wounding another 144. On 6 February, UNSecretary-GeneralBoutros Boutros-Ghaliformally requested NATO to confirm that future requests for air strikes would be carried out immediately.[280]
On 9 February 1994,NATOauthorised the Commander of Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCSOUTH), US Admiral Jeremy Boorda, to launchair strikes—at the request of the UN—against artillery and mortar positions in or around Sarajevo determined by UNPROFOR to be responsible for attacks against civilian targets.[273][281]Only Greece failed to support the use of air strikes, but did not veto the proposal.[280]
NATOalso issued an ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs demanding the removal of heavy weapons around Sarajevo by midnight of 20–21 February, or they would face air strikes. On 12 February, Sarajevo enjoyed its first casualty free day since April 1992.[280]The large-scale removal of Bosnian-Serb heavy weapons began on 17 February 1994.[280]
Washington Agreement
editThe Croat-Bosniak war ended with the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the HVO Chief of Staff, generalAnte Roso,and the ARBiH Chief of Staff, generalRasim Delić,on 23 February 1994 in Zagreb. The agreement went into effect on 25 February.[282][283]A peace agreement known as theWashington Agreement,mediated by the US, was concluded on 2 March by representatives of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Herzeg-Bosnia. The agreement was signed on 18 March 1994 in Washington. Under this agreement, the combined territory held by the HVO and the ARBiH was divided into autonomous cantons within theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Tuđman and Izetbegović also signed a preliminary agreement on a confederation between Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[284][285]The Croat-Bosniak alliance was renewed, although the issues dividing them were not resolved.[283]
The first military effort coordinated between the HVO and the ARBiH following the Washington Agreement was theadvance towards Kupres,which was retaken from the VRS on 3 November 1994.[286]On 29 November, the HV and the HVO initiatedOperation Winter '94in southwestern Bosnia. After a month of fighting, Croat forces had taken around 200 square kilometres (77 square miles) of VRS-held territory and directly threatened the main supply route between Republika Srpska andKnin,the capital of Republic of Serbian Krajina. The primary objective of relieving pressure on the Bihać pocket was not achieved, although the ARBiH repelled VRS attacks on the enclave.[287]
UNPROFOR and NATO
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NATObecame actively involved when its jetsshot downfour Serb aircraft over central Bosnia on 28 February 1994 for violating the UN no-fly zone.[288]On 12 March 1994, theUnited Nations Protection Force(UNPROFOR) made its first request for NATO air support, but close air support was not deployed, owing to a number of delays associated with the approval process.[289]On 20 March an aid convoy with medical supplies and doctors reachedMaglaj,a city of 100,000 people, which had been under siege since May 1993 and had been surviving off food supplies dropped byUSaircraft. A second convoy on 23 March was hijacked and looted.[284]
On 10–11 April 1994, UNPROFOR called in air strikes to protect theGoraždesafe area,resulting in the bombing of a Serbian military command outpost near Goražde by two USF-16jets.[273][278][284][289]This was the first time in NATO's history it had conducted air strikes.[278][284]In retaliation, Serbs took 150 U.N. personnel hostage on 14 April.[273][278][289]On 15 April the Bosnian government lines around Goražde broke,[284]and on 16 April a BritishSea Harrierwas shot down over Goražde by Serb forces.
Around 29 April 1994, a Danish contingent (Nordbat 2) on peacekeeping duty inBosnia,as part of UNPROFOR's Nordic battalion located inTuzla,was ambushed when trying to relieve a Swedish observation post (Tango 2) that was under heavy artillery fire by theBosnian SerbŠekovićibrigade at the village ofKalesija.[290]The ambush was dispersed when the UN forces retaliated with heavy fire in what would be known asOperation Bøllebank.
On 12 May, theUS SenateadoptedS. 2042,introduced by Sen.Bob Dole,to unilaterally lift the arms embargo against the Bosnians, but it was repudiated by President Clinton.[291][292]On 5 October 1994,Pub. L.103–337was signed by the President and stated that if the Bosnian Serbs had not accepted the Contact Group proposal by 15 October the President should introduce a UN Security Council proposal to end the arms embargo, and that if it was not passed by 15 November, only funds required by all UN members under Resolution 713 could be used to enforce the embargo, which would effectively end the embargo.[293]On 12–13 November, the US unilaterally lifted the arms embargo against the government of Bosnia.[293][294]
On 5 August, at the request of UNPROFOR, NATO aircraft attacked a target within the Sarajevo Exclusion Zone after weapons were seized by Bosnian Serbs from a weapons collection site near Sarajevo. On 22 September 1994, NATO aircraft carried out an air strike against a Bosnian Serb tank at the request of UNPROFOR.[273]Operation Amandawas an UNPROFOR mission led by Danish peacekeeping troops, with the aim of recovering an observation post nearGradačac,Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 25 October 1994.[295]
On 19 November 1994, the North Atlantic Council approved the extension of Close Air Support to Croatia for the protection of UN forces in that country.[273]NATO aircraft attacked theUdbinaairfield in Serb-held Croatia on 21 November, in response to attacks launched from that airfield against targets in the Bihac area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 23 November, after attacks launched from a surface-to-air missile site south of Otoka (north-west Bosnia and Herzegovina) on two NATO aircraft, air strikes were conducted against air defence radars in that area.[273]
1995
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On 25 May 1995, NATO bombed VRS positions in Pale due to their failure to return heavy weapons. The VRS then shelled all safe areas, includingTuzla.Approximately 70 civilians were killed and 150 were injured.[296][297][298][299]During April and June, Croatian forces conducted two offensives known asLeap 1andLeap 2.With these offensives, they secured the remainder of theLivnoValley and threatened the VRS-held town ofBosansko Grahovo.[300]
On 27 May 1995, a confrontation occurred across the Vrbanja Bridge. During the battle, elements of the Bosnian Serb army stormed French-built UNPROFOR observation posts, taking hostage 10 French troops. The French Army, led byFrançois Lecointre,sent about 100 UN-peacekeeping troops to the bridge, retaking the post and soon after the VRS withdrew.[citation needed]
On 11 July 1995,Army of Republika Srpska(VRS) forces under generalRatko Mladićoccupied the UN "safe area" ofSrebrenicain eastern Bosnia where more than 8,000 men were killed in theSrebrenica massacre(most women were expelled to Bosniak-held territory).[301][302]The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), represented on the ground by a 400-strong contingent of Dutchpeacekeepers,Dutchbat,failed to prevent the town's capture by the VRS and the subsequent massacre.[303][304][305][306]TheICTYruled this event as genocide in theKrstićcase. On 25 July 1995, Serbs launched "Operation Stupčanica 95" to occupy the second UN "safe area",Žepa.UNPROFOR only sent 79 Ukrainian peacekeepers to Žepa.[307]
In line with theSplit Agreementsigned between Tuđman and Izetbegović on 22 July, a joint military offensive by the HV and the HVO codenamedOperation Summer '95took place in western Bosnia. The HV-HVO force gained control of Glamoč and Bosansko Grahovo and isolated Knin from Republika Srpska.[308]On 4 August, the HV launchedOperation Stormthat effectively dissolved theRepublic of Serbian Krajina.[309]With this, the Bosniak-Croat alliance gained the initiative in the war, taking much of western Bosnia from the VRS in several operations in September and October. InNovi Grad,Croatian forces launchedOperation Una,which began on 18 September 1995, when HV crossed theUna riverand entered Bosnia. In 2006, Croatian authorities began investigating allegations ofwar crimescommitted during this operation, specifically the killing of 40 civilians in the Bosanska Dubica area by troops of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Guards Brigade.[310]
The HV-HVO secured over 2,500 square kilometres (970 square miles) of territory duringOperation Mistral 2,including the towns ofJajce,ŠipovoandDrvar.At the same time, the ARBiH engaged the VRS further to the north inOperation Sanaand captured several towns, including Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski Petrovac, Ključ and Sanski Most.[311]A VRS counteroffensive against the ARBiH in western Bosnia was launched on 23/24 September. Within two weeks the VRS was in the vicinity of the town of Ključ. The ARBiH requested Croatian assistance and on 8 October the HV-HVO launchedOperation Southern Moveunder the overall command of HV Major GeneralAnte Gotovina.The VRS lost the town ofMrkonjić Grad,while HVO units came within 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Banja Luka.[312]
On 28 August, a VRS mortar attack on the SarajevoMarkalemarketplace killed 43 people.[313][314]In response to the secondMarkale massacre,on 30 August, theSecretary General of NATOannounced the start ofOperation Deliberate Force,widespread airstrikes against Bosnian Serb positions supported by UNPROFOR rapid reaction force artillery attacks.[315][316]On 14 September 1995, the NATO air strikes were suspended to allow the implementation of an agreement with Bosnian Serbs for the withdrawal of heavy weapons from around Sarajevo.[317][318]Twelve days later, on 26 September, an agreement of further basic principles for a peace accord was reached inNew York Citybetween the foreign ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the FRY.[319]A 60-day ceasefire came into effect on 12 October, and on 1 November peace talks began inDayton, Ohio.[319]The war ended with theDayton Peace Agreementsigned on 21 November 1995; the final version of the peace agreement was signed 14 December 1995 inParis.[320]
Following the Dayton Agreement, a NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR) was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina. This 80,000 strong unit, was deployed in order to enforce the peace, as well as other tasks such as providing support for humanitarian and political aid, reconstruction, providing support for displaced civilians to return to their homes, collection of arms, and mine andunexploded ordnanceclearing of the affected areas.[321]
Casualties
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Calculating the number of deaths resulting from the conflict has been subject to considerable, highly politicised debate, sometimes "fused with narratives about victimhood", from the political elites of various groups.[322]Estimates of the total number of casualties have ranged from 25,000 to 329,000. The variations are partly the result of the use of inconsistent definitions of who can be considered victims of the war, as some research calculated only direct casualties of military activity while other research included those who died from hunger, cold, disease or other war conditions. Early overcounts were also the result of many victims being entered in both civilian and military lists because little systematic coordination of those lists took place in wartime conditions. The death toll was originally estimated in 1994 at around 200,000 byCherif Bassiouni,head of the UN expert commission investigating war crimes.[323]
Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup, writing in 1999, observed about early high figures:
The figure of 200,000 (or more) dead, injured, and missing was frequently cited in media reports on the war in Bosnia as late as 1994. The October 1995 bulletin of the Bosnian Institute for Public Health of the Republic Committee for Health and Social Welfare gave the numbers as 146,340 killed, and 174,914 wounded on the territory under the control of the Bosnian army. Mustafa Imamovic gave a figure of 144,248 perished (including those who died from hunger or exposure), mainly Muslims. The Red Cross and the UNHCR have not, to the best of our knowledge, produced data on the number of persons killed and injured in the course of the war. A November 1995 unclassified CIA memorandum estimated 156,500 civilian deaths in the country (all but 10,000 of them in Muslim- or Croat-held territories), not including the 8,000 to 10,000 then still missing from Srebrenica and Zepa enclaves. This figure for civilian deaths far exceeded the estimate in the same report of 81,500 troops killed (45,000 Bosnian government; 6,500 Bosnian Croat; and 30,000 Bosnian Serb).[324]
RDC figures
edit| Total dead or disappeared 101,040 (total includes unknown status below, percentages ignore "unknowns" ) |
Bosniaks | 62,013 | 61.4% |
| Serbs | 24,953 | 24.7% | |
| Croats | 8,403 | 8.3% | |
| Other ethnicities | 571 | 0.6% | |
| Civilians 38,239 (percentages are of civilian dead) |
Bosniaks | 31,107 | 81.3% |
| Serbs | 4,178 | 10.9% | |
| Croats | 2,484 | 6.5% | |
| Other ethnicities | 470 | 1.2% | |
| Soldiers 57,701 (percentages are of military dead) |
Bosniaks | 30,906 | 53.6% |
| Serbs | 20,775 | 36% | |
| Croats | 5,919 | 10.3% | |
| Other ethnicities | 101 | 0.2% | |
| Unknown status (percentage is of all dead or disappeared) |
Ethnicity unstated | 5,100 | 5% |
In June 2007, the Sarajevo-basedResearch and Documentation Centerpublished extensive research on the Bosnian war deaths, also calledThe Bosnian Book of the Dead,a database that initially revealed a minimum of 97,207 names of Bosnia and Herzegovina's citizens confirmed as killed or missing during the 1992–1995 war.[325][326]The head of the UN war crimes tribunal's Demographic Unit, Ewa Tabeau, has called it "the largest existing database on Bosnian war victims",[327]and it is considered the most authoritative account of human losses in the Bosnian war.[328]More than 240,000 pieces of data were collected, checked, compared and evaluated by an international team of experts in order to produce the 2007 list of 97,207 victims' names.[326]
The RDC 2007 figures stated that these were confirmed figures and that several thousand cases were still being examined. All of the RDC figures are believed to be a slight undercount as their methodology is dependent on a family member having survived to report the missing relative, though the undercount is not thought to be statistically significant.[9]At least 30 percent of the 2007 confirmed Bosniak civilian victims were women and children.[325]
The RDC published periodic updates of its figures until June 2012, when it published its final report.[329]The 2012 figures recorded a total of 101,040 dead or disappeared, of whom 61.4 percent were Bosniaks, 24.7 percent were Serbs, 8.3 percent were Croats and less than 1 percent were of other ethnicities, with a further 5 percent whose ethnicity was unstated.[9]
Civilian deaths were established as 38,239, which represented 37.9 percent of total deaths. Bosniaks accounted for 81.3 percent of those civilian deaths, compared to Serbs 10.9 percent and Croats 6.5 percent.[9]The proportion of civilian victims is, moreover, an absolute minimum because the status of 5,100 victims was unestablished[9]and because relatives were believed to have registered their dead loved ones as military victims in order to obtain veteran's financial benefits or for "honour" reasons.[330][331]
Both theRDCand theICTY's demographic unit applied statistical techniques to identify possible duplication caused by a given victim being recorded in multiple primary lists, the original documents being then hand-checked to assess duplication.[331][332]
Some 30 categories of information existed within the database for each individual record, including basic personal information, place and date of death, and, in the case of soldiers, the military unit to which the individual belonged.[331]This has allowed the database to present deaths by gender, military unit, year and region of death,[10]in addition to ethnicity and "status in war" (civilian or soldier). The category intended to describe which military formation caused the death of each victim was the most incomplete and was deemed unusable.[331]
ICTY figures
edit| Total killed 104,732 |
Bosniaks | 68,101 |
| Serbs | 22,779 | |
| Croats | 8,858 | |
| Others | 4,995 | |
| Civilians killed 36,700 |
Bosniaks | 25,609 |
| Serbs | 7,480 | |
| Croats | 1,675 | |
| Others | 1,935 | |
| Soldiers killed 68,031 (includes Police) |
Bosniaks | 42,492 |
| Serbs | 15,298 | |
| Croats | 7,182 | |
| Others | 3,058 |
Research conducted in 2010 for the Office of the Prosecutors at theHague Tribunal,headed by Ewa Tabeau, pointed to errors in earlier figures and calculated the minimum number of victims as 89,186, with a probable figure of around 104,732.[333][334]Tabeau noted the numbers should not be confused with "who killed who", because, for example, many Serbs were killed by the Serb army during the shelling of Sarajevo, Tuzla and other multi-ethnic cities.[335]The authors of this report said that the actual death toll may be slightly higher.[333][336]
These figures were not based solely on "battle deaths", but included accidental deaths taking place in battle conditions and acts of mass violence. Specifically excluded were "non-violent mortality increases" and "criminal and unorganised violence increases". Similarly "military deaths" included both combat and non-combat deaths.[333]
Other statistics
editThere are no statistics dealing specifically with the casualties of the Croat-Bosniak conflict along ethnic lines. However, according to The RDC's data on human losses in the regions, in Central Bosnia 62 percent of the 10,448 documented deaths were Bosniaks, while Croats constituted 24 percent and Serbs 13 percent. The municipalities ofGornji VakufandBugojnoare geographically located in Central Bosnia (known as Gornje Povrbasje region), but the 1,337 region's documented deaths are included inVrbasregional statistics. Approximately 70–80 percent of the casualties from Gornje Povrbasje were Bosniaks. In the region ofNeretvariver, of 6,717 casualties, 54 percent were Bosniaks, 24 percent Serbs and 21 percent Croats. The casualties in those regions were mainly, but not exclusively, the consequence of Croat-Bosniak conflict.[citation needed]
According to the UN, there were 167 fatalities amongstUNPROFORpersonnel during the course of the force's mandate, from February 1992 to March 1995. Of those who died, three were military observers, 159 were other military personnel, one was a member of the civilian police, two were international civilian staff and two were local staff.[337]
In a statement in September 2008 to theUnited Nations General Assembly,Haris Silajdžićsaid that "According to theICRCdata, 200,000 people were killed, 12,000 of them children, up to 50,000 women were raped, and 2.2 million were forced to flee their homes. This was a veritablegenocideand sociocide ".[338]However, Silajdžić and others have been criticised for inflating the number of fatalities to attract international support.[339]An ICRC book published in 2010 cites the total number killed in all of theBalkan warsin the 1990s as "about 140,000 people".[340]
In 2012Amnesty Internationalreported that the fate of an estimated 10,500 people, most of whom were Bosnian Muslims, remained unknown at that time.[341][342]Bodies of victims are still being unearthed two decades later. In July 2014 the remains of 284 victims, unearthed from theTomašica mass gravenear the town ofPrijedor,were laid to rest in a mass ceremony in the northwestern town ofKozarac,attended by relatives.[343]
TheUNCHRstated that the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina forced more than 2.2 million people to flee their homes, at that time, the largest displacement of people in Europe since the end of World War II.[27]
War crimes
editAccording to a report compiled by the UN, and chaired byM. Cherif Bassiouni,while all sides committed war crimes during the conflict, Serbian forces were responsible for ninety percent of them, whereas Croatian forces were responsible for six percent, and Bosniak forces four percent.[344]The report echoed conclusions published by aCentral Intelligence Agencyestimate in 1995.[345][346]In October 2019, a third of the war crime charges filed by the Bosnian state prosecution during the year were transferred to lower-level courts, which sparked criticism of prosecutors.[347]
Ethnic cleansing
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Ethnic cleansingwas a common phenomenon in the war. Large numbers of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats were forced to flee their homes or were expelled by theArmy of Republika SrpskaandSerb paramilitaries.[348][349][350][351]This entailed intimidation, forced expulsion, or killing of the unwanted ethnic group as well as the destruction of the places of worship, cemeteries and cultural and historical buildings of that ethnic group. Due to this, tens of thousands were killed,[352]between one[353]and 1.3 million[354]deported or forcibly resettled, and 12,000[355]to 20,000[356]women raped. Academics Matjaž Klemenčič and Mitja Žagar argue that: "Ideas of nationalistic ethnic politicians that Bosnia and Herzegovina be reorganised into homogenous national territories inevitably required the division of ethnically mixed territories into their Serb, Croat, and Muslim parts".[42] According to numerous ICTY verdicts and indictments, Serb[357][358][359]and Croat[93][360][361]forces performed ethnic cleansing of their territories to create ethnically pure states (Republika SrpskaandHerzeg-Bosnia). Serb forces carried out theSrebrenica genocidetowards the end of the war.[362]Although comparatively rare, there were also cases of Bosniak forces forcing other ethnic groups to flee during the war.[18]According to The New York Times, theCentral Intelligence Agencyconcluded in a March 1995 report that Bosnian Serb forces had been responsible for 90 percent of the ethnic cleansing committed up to that time and that leading Serb politicians almost certainly knew of the crimes.[346]
Based on the evidence of numerous HVO attacks, the ICTY Trial Chamber concluded in theKordić and Čerkezcase that by April 1993 Croat leadership had a common design or plan conceived and executed toethnically cleanse Bosniaks from the Lašva Valleyin Central Bosnia.Dario Kordić,as the local political leader, was found to be the planner andinstigatorof this plan.[360]
Genocide
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A trial took place before theInternational Court of Justice,following a1993 suitby Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia and Montenegro alleginggenocide.The ICJ ruling of 26 February 2007 indirectly determined the war's nature to be international, though clearing Serbia of direct responsibility for the genocide committed by the forces ofRepublika Srpska.The ICJ concluded, however, that Serbia failed to prevent genocide committed by Serb forces and failed to punish those responsible, and bring them to justice.[363]A telegram sent to the White House on 8 February 1994 and penned by U.S. Ambassador to Croatia,Peter W. Galbraith,stated that genocide was occurring. The telegram cited "constant and indiscriminate shelling and gunfire" of Sarajevo by Karadzic's Yugoslav People Army; the harassment of minority groups in Northern Bosnia "in an attempt to force them to leave"; and the use of detainees "to do dangerous work on the front lines" as evidence that genocide was being committed.[364]In 2005, theUnited States Congresspassed a resolution declaring that "the Serbian policies of aggression and ethnic cleansing meet the terms defining genocide".[365]
Despite the evidence of many kinds of war crimes conducted simultaneously by different Serb forces in different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially inBijeljina,Sarajevo,Prijedor,Zvornik,Banja Luka,VišegradandFoča,the judges ruled that the criteria for genocide with the specific intent (dolus specialis) to destroy Bosnian Muslims were metonly in Srebrenicaor Eastern Bosnia in 1995.[366]
The court concluded the crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war, may amount tocrimes against humanityaccording to the international law, but that these acts did not, in themselves, constitute genocide per se.[367]The Court further decided that, following Montenegro's declaration of independence in May 2006, Serbia was the only respondent party in the case, but that "any responsibility forpastevents involved at the relevant time the composite State of Serbia and Montenegro ".[368]
Rape
editAn estimated 12,000–50,000women were raped,most of them Bosnian Muslims with the majority of cases committed by Serb forces.[30][31]This has been referred to as "Mass rape",[369][370][371]particularly with regard to the coordinated use of rape as a weapon of war by members in the VRS and Bosnian Serb police.[369][370][371][372]For the first time in judicial history, theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia(ICTY) declared that "systematic rape", and "sexual enslavement" in time of war was acrime against humanity,second only to thewar crimeofgenocide.[369]Rape was most systematic in Eastern Bosnia (e.g. during campaigns inFočaandVišegrad), and in Grbavica during the siege of Sarajevo. Women and girls were kept in various detention centres where they had to live in intolerably unhygienic conditions and were mistreated in many ways including being repeatedly raped. A notorious example was "Karaman's house" in Foča.[373][374]Common complications among surviving women and girls include psychological, gynaecological and other physical disorders, as well as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
Prosecutions and legal proceedings
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TheInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia(ICTY) was established in 1993 as a body of the UN toprosecutewar crimes committed during thewars in the former Yugoslavia,and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal is anad hoc courtwhich is located inThe Hague,the Netherlands.[375]
According to legal experts, as of early 2008, 45 Serbs, 12 Croats and 4 Bosniaks were convicted of war crimes by the ICTY in connection with the Balkan wars of the 1990s.[23]Both Serbs and Croats were indicted and convicted of systematic war crimes (joint criminal enterprise), while Bosniaks were indicted and convicted of individual ones. Most of the Bosnian Serb wartime leadership –Biljana Plavšić,[376]Momčilo Krajišnik,[377]Radoslav Brđanin,[358]andDuško Tadić[378]– were indicted and judged guilty forwar crimesand ethnic cleansing.
The former president of Republika SrpskaRadovan Karadžićwasheld on trial[379]and was sentenced tolife in prisonfor crimes, includingcrimes against humanityandgenocide.[380]Ratko Mladićwas alsotried by the ICTY,charged with crimes in connection with thesiege of Sarajevoand theSrebrenica massacre.[381]Mladić was found guilty and also sentenced to life imprisonment by The Hague in November 2017.[382]ParamilitaryleaderVojislav Šešeljwas on trial from 2007 to 2018,[383]accused of being a part of ajoint criminal enterpriseto ethnically cleanse large areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina of non-Serbs.[384]The Serbian presidentSlobodan Miloševićwas charged with war crimes in connection with the war in Bosnia, including grave breaches of theGeneva Conventions,crimes against humanityandgenocide,[385]but died in 2006 before the trial could finish.[386]
After the death ofAlija Izetbegović,The Hague revealed that anICTYinvestigation of Izetbegović had been in progress which ended with his death.[387][388]Bosniaks who were convicted of or were tried for war crimes includeRasim Delić,chief of staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on 15 September 2008 for his failure to prevent theBosnian mujahideenmembers of the Bosnian army from committing crimes against captured civilians and enemy combatants.[389]Enver Hadžihasanović,a general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was sentenced to 3.5 years for authority over acts of murder and wanton destruction in Central Bosnia.[390]Hazim Delićwas theBosniakDeputy Commander of theČelebići prison camp,which detained Serb civilians. He was sentenced to 18 years by theICTYAppeals Chamber on 8 April 2003 for murder and torture of the prisoners and for raping two Serbian women.[391][392]Bosnian commanderSefer Halilovićwas charged with one count of violation of the laws and customs of war on the basis of superior criminal responsibility of the incidents during Operation Neretva '93 and found not guilty.[393]Serbs have accused Sarajevo authorities of practicing selective justice by actively prosecuting Serbs while ignoring or downplaying Bosniak war crimes.[394]
Dario Kordić,political leader of Croats in Central Bosnia, was convicted of the crimes against humanity in Central Bosnia i.e. ethnic cleansing and sentenced to 25 years in prison.[360]On 29 May 2013, in a first instance verdict, the ICTY sentenced Prlić to 25 years in prison. The tribunal also convicted five other war time leaders of the joint trial: defence minister of Herzeg-BosniaBruno Stojić(20 years), military officersSlobodan Praljak(20 years) andMilivoj Petković(20 years), military police commanderValentin Ćorić(20 years), and head of prisoner exchanges and detention facilities Berislav Pušić (10 years). The Chamber ruled, by majority, with the presiding judge Jean-Claude Antonetti dissenting, that they took part in ajoint criminal enterprise(JCE) against the non-Croat population of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that the JCE included the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman, Defence MinisterGojko Šušak,and generalJanko Bobetko.[395]However, on 19 July 2016 the Appeals Chamber in the case announced that the "Trial Chamber made no explicit findings concerning [Tudjman's, Šušak's and Bobetko's] participation in the JCE and did not find [them] guilty of any crimes."[396][397]
Genocideat Srebrenica is the most serious war crime that any Serbs were convicted of. Crimes against humanity is the most serious war crime that anyBosniaksorCroatswere convicted of.[398]
Reconciliation
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On 6 December 2004, Serbian presidentBoris Tadićmade an apology in Bosnia and Herzegovina to all those who suffered crimes committed in the name of the Serb people.[399]
Croatia's presidentIvo Josipovićapologised in April 2010 for his country's role in the Bosnian War. Bosnia and Herzegovina's then-presidentHaris Silajdžićin turn praised relations with Croatia, remarks that starkly contrasted with his harsh criticism of Serbia the day before. "I'm deeply sorry that the Republic of Croatia has contributed to the suffering of people and divisions which still burden us today", Josipović told Bosnia and Herzegovina's parliament.[400]
On 31 March 2010, theSerbian parliamentadopted a declaration "condemning in strongest terms the crime committed in July 1995 against Bosniak population of Srebrenica" and apologizing to the families of the victims, the first of its kind in the region. The initiative to pass a resolution came from President Boris Tadić, who pushed for it even though the issue was politically controversial. In the past, only human rights groups and non-nationalistic parties had supported such a measure.[401]
Assessment
editCivil war or a war of aggression
editDue to the involvement ofCroatiaandSerbia,there has been a long-standing debate as to whether the conflict was acivil waror awar of aggressionon Bosnia by neighbouring states. Academics Steven Burg and Paul Shoup argue that:
From the outset, the nature of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina was subject to conflicting interpretations. These were rooted not only in objective facts on the ground, but in the political interests of those articulating them.[324]
On the one hand, the war could be viewed as "a clear-cut case of civil war – that is, of internal war among groups unable to agree on arrangements for sharing power".[324]
David Campbellis critical of narratives about "civil war", which he argues often involve what he terms "moral levelling", in which all sides are "said to be equally guilty of atrocities", and "emphasise credible Serb fears as a rationale for their actions".[402]
In contrast to the civil war explanation, Bosniaks, many Croats, western politicians and human rights organizations claimed that the war was a war of Serbian and Croatian aggression based on theKarađorđevoandGraz agreements,while Serbs often considered it a civil war.[324]
Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats enjoyed substantial political and military backing from Serbia and Croatia, and the decision to grant Bosnia diplomatic recognition also had implications for the international interpretation of the conflict. As Burg and Shoup state:
From the perspective of international diplomacy and law...the international decision to recognize the independence of Bosnia-Herzegovina and grant it membership in the United Nations provided a basis for defining the war as a case of external aggression by both Serbia and Croatia. With respect to Serbia, the further case could be made that the Bosnian Serb army was under thede factocommand of the Yugoslav army and was therefore an instrument of external aggression. With respect to Croatia, regular Croatian army forces violated the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, lending further evidence in support of the view that this was a case of aggression.[324]
Sumantra Bose,meanwhile, argues that it is possible to characterise the Bosnian War as a civil war, without necessarily agreeing with the narrative of Serb and Croat nationalists. He states that while "all episodes of severe violence have been sparked by 'external' events and forces, local society too has been deeply implicated in that violence" and therefore argues that "it makes relatively more sense to regard the 1992–95 conflict in Bosnia as a 'civil war' – albeit obviously with a vital dimension that is territorially external to Bosnia".[403]
In the cases involvingDuško TadićandZdravko Mucić,the ICTY concluded that the conflict between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an international one:
[F]or the period material to this case (1992), the armed forces of the Republika Srpska were to be regarded as acting under the overall control of and on behalf of the FRY (theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia). Hence, even after 19 May 1992 the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the Bosnian Serbs and the central authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be classified as an international armed conflict.[404]
Similarly, in the cases involvingIvica Rajić,Tihomir BlaškićandDario Kordić,the ICTY concluded that the conflict between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia was also an international one:
[F]or purposes of the application of the grave breaches provisions of Geneva Convention IV, the significant and continuous military action by the armed forces of Croatia in support of theBosnian Croatsagainst the forces of theBosnian Governmenton the territory of the latter was sufficient to convert the domestic conflict between the Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian Government into an international one.[404]
In 2010, Bosnian CommanderEjup Ganićwas detained in London on a Serbian extradition request for alleged war crimes. JudgeTimothy Workmandecided that Ganić should be released after ruling that Serbia's request was "politically motivated". In his decision, he characterised the Bosnian War to have been an international armed conflict as Bosnia had declared independence on 3 March 1992.[405]
AcademicMary Kaldorargues that the Bosnian War is an example of what she termsnew wars,which are neither civil nor inter-state, but rather combine elements of both.[406]
Ethnic war
editInThe Myth of Ethnic War: Serbia and Croatia in the 1990s,Ithaca CollegeProfessor V.P. Gagnon challenges the widely accepted belief in the West that the Bosnian War (and the other Yugoslav wars) were a product of ethnic hatred between the warring factions. Gagnon argues that the wars were caused by power-hungry political elites who resisted political and economical liberalization and democratization, not ordinary people.[407]In disputing the common assessment by Western academics, politicians and journalists of an ethnic war and of the Balkans as a region antithetical to Western values, Gagnon cites high intermarriage rates, the high percentage of draft-resisters, resistance to nationalist movements and favourable views of inter-ethnic relations in polling conducted in the late 1980s in Yugoslavia among other factors.[408]
In popular culture
editFilm
editThe Bosnian War has been depicted in a number of films including Hollywood films such asThe Hunting Party,starringRichard Gereas journalist Simon Hunt in his bid to apprehend suspected war criminal and former Bosnian Serb presidentRadovan Karadžić;Behind Enemy Lines,loosely based on theMrkonjić Grad incident,tells about a downedUS Navypilot who uncovers a massacre while on the run from Serb troops who want him dead;The Peacemaker,starringGeorge ClooneyandNicole Kidman,is a story about a US Army colonel and a White House nuclear expert investigating stolen Russian nuclear weapons obtained by a revenge-fueled Yugoslav diplomat, Dušan Gavrić.
In the Land of Blood and Honey,is a 2011 American film written, produced and directed byAngelina Jolie;the film was Jolie's directorial debut and it depicts a love story set against themass rape of Muslim women in the Bosnian War.The Spanish/Italian 2013 filmTwice Born,starringPenélope Cruz,based on a book by Margaret Mazzantini. It tells the story of a mother who brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
British films includeWelcome to Sarajevo,about the life of Sarajevans during thesiege.The Bosnian-British filmBeautiful Peopledirected byJasmin Dizdarportrays the encounter between English families and arriving Bosnian refugees at the height of the Bosnian War. The film was awarded theUn Certain Regardat the 1999 Cannes Festival. The Spanish filmTerritorio Comancheshows the story of a Spanish TV crew during the siege of Sarajevo. The Polish filmDemons of War(1998), set during the Bosnian conflict, portrays a group ofPolishsoldiers inIFORwho help a pair of journalists tracked by a local warlord whose crimes they had taped.[citation needed]
Bosnian directorDanis Tanović'sNo Man's Landwon the Best Foreign Language Film awards at the 2001Academy Awardsand the2002 Golden Globes.The Bosnian filmGrbavica,about the life of a single mother in contemporarySarajevoin the aftermath ofsystematic rape of Bosniak womenby Serbian troops during the war, won the Golden Bear at theBerlin International Film Festival.[409][410]
The 2003 filmRemake,directed by Bosnian director Dino Mustafić and written byZlatko Topčić,follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga duringWorld War IIand theSiege of Sarajevo.It premiered at the 32ndInternational Film Festival Rotterdam.[411][412][413]The 2010 filmThe Abandoned,directed by Adis Bakrač and written byZlatko Topčić,tells the story of a boy from a home for abandoned children who tries to find the truth about his origins, it being implied that he is the child of a rape. The film premiered at the45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[414][415][416]
The 1997 filmThe Perfect Circle,directed by Bosnian filmmakerAdemir Kenović,tells the story of two boys during the Siege of Sarajevo and was awarded with theFrançois Chalais Prizeat the 1997 Cannes Festival.
The 1998 filmSavior,starring Dennis Quaid tells the story of a hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion who begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
Pretty Village, Pretty Flamedirected by Serbian filmmakerSrđan Dragojević,presents a bleak yet darkly humorous account of the Bosnian War. The Serbian filmLife Is a Miracle,produced byEmir Kusturica,depicts the romance of a pacific Serb station caretaker and a Muslim Bosniak young woman entrusted to him as a hostage in the context of Bosniak-Serb border clashes; it was nominated at the 2004 Cannes Festival.[417]
Short films includeIn the Name of the Son,about a father who murders his son during the Bosnian War, and10 Minutes,which contrasts 10 minutes of life of a Japanese tourist in Rome with a Bosnian family during the war.10 Minuteswas awardedBest short film of 2002by theEuropean Film Academy.[418]
A number of Western films have used the Bosnian conflict as their background – these includeAvenger,based on Frederick Forsyth's novel in which a mercenary tracks down a Serbian warlord responsible for war crimes, andThe Peacemaker,in which a devastated Yugoslav man plots to take revenge on the United Nations by exploding a nuclear bomb in New York.The Whistlebloweris based on the story ofKathryn Bolkovac,a UN peacekeeper who uncovered asex traffickingscandal in post-war Bosnia.Shot Through the Heartis a 1998 TV film, directed by David Attwood, shown on BBC and HBO in 1998, which covers the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War from the perspective of two Olympic-level Yugoslavian marksmen, one whom becomes a sniper.[419]
Quo Vadis, Aida?is a 2020 Bosnian film, written and directed byJasmila Žbanić,about Aida, aUNtranslator who tries to save her family after theArmy of Republika Srpskatakes over the city ofSrebrenicaimmediately prior to theSrebrenica massacre.[420]
Drama series
editThe award-winning British television series,Warriors,aired onBBC Onein 1999. It tells the story of a group of Britishpeacekeepersduring theLašva Valley ethnic cleansing.Many of the war's events were depicted in thePakistani dramaseries,Alpha Bravo Charlie,written and directed byShoaib Mansoorin 1998. Produced by theInter-Services Public Relations(ISPR), the series showed several active battlefield events and the involvement ofPakistan militarypersonnel in theUN peacekeeping missions.Alpha Bravo Charliewas presented onPakistan Television Corporation(PTV).
Documentaries
editA BBC documentary series,The Death of Yugoslavia,covers the collapse of Yugoslavia from the roots of the conflict in the 1980s to the subsequent wars and peace accords, and a BBC book was issued with the same title. Other documentaries includeBernard-Henri Lévy'sBosna!about Bosnian resistance against well equipped Serbian troops at the beginning of the war; theSloveniandocumentaryTunel upanja(A Tunnel of Hope) about theSarajevo Tunnelconstructed by the besieged citizens of Sarajevo to link Sarajevo with Bosnian government territory; and the British documentaryA Cry from the Graveabout theSrebrenica massacre.Miracle in Bosniais a 1995 documentary film shot on the occasion of the third anniversary of theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;it premiered at the1995 Cannes Film Festivaland won the Special Award.[421][422][423]The Bosnian War is a central focus inThe Diplomat,a documentary about the career ofRichard Holbrooke.[424]Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War(1999) looks at the wider context of the ex-Yugoslavian civil wars.Scream for Me Sarajevois a 2017 documentary directed by Tarik Hodzic about a concert played byBruce Dickinson,the lead singer of an Englishheavy metalbandIron Maidenand his bandSkunkworks,in Sarajevo, in late 1994, during the siege.
Books
editSemezdin Mehmedinović'sSarajevo BluesandMiljenko Jergović'sSarajevo Marlboroare among the best known books written during the war in Bosnia.Zlata's Diaryis a published diary kept by a young girl,Zlata Filipović,which chronicles her life in Sarajevo from 1991 to 1993. Because of the diary, she is sometimes referred to as "The Anne Frank of Sarajevo".The Bosnia Listby Kenan Trebincevic andSusan Shapirochronicles the war through the eyes of a Bosnian refugee returning home for the first time after 18 years in New York.
Other works about the war include:
- Bosnia Warriors: Living on the Front Line,by Major Vaughan Kent-Payne is an account of UN operations in Bosnia written by A British Army infantry officer who was based in Vitez, Central Bosnia for seven months in 1993.[425]
- Necessary Targets(byEve Ensler)
- Winter Warriors – Across Bosnia with the PBIby Les Howard, a factual account by aBritish Territorial infantrymanwho volunteered to serve as a UN Peacekeeper in the latter stages of the war, and during the first stages of the NATO led Dayton Peace Accord.[426]
- Pretty Birds,byScott Simon,depicts a teenage girl in Sarajevo, once a basketball player on her high school team, who becomes a sniper.
- The Cellist of Sarajevo,bySteven Galloway,is a novel following the stories of four people living in Sarajevo during the war.
- Life's Too Short to Forgive,written in 2005 by Len Biser, follows the efforts of three people who unite to assassinate Karadzic to stop Serb atrocities.
- Fools Rush In,written byBill Carter,tells the story of a man who helpedbring U2 to a landmark Sarajevo concert.
- Evil Doesn't Live Here,by Daoud Sarhandi and Alina Boboc, presents 180 posters created by Bosnian artist which plastered walls during the war.
- The AvengerbyFrederick Forsyth.
- Hotel Sarajevoby Jack Kersh.
- Top je bio vreoby Vladimir Kecmanović, a story of a Bosnian Serb boy in the part of Sarajevo held by Bosnian Muslim forces during theSiege of Sarajevo.
- I Bog je zaplakao nad Bosnom(And God cried over Bosnia), written by Momir Krsmanović, is a depiction of war that mainly focuses on the crimes committed by Muslim people.
- Safe Area Goraždeis a graphic novel byJoe Saccoabout the war in eastern Bosnia.
- Dampyris an Italiancomic book,created by Mauro Boselli and Maurizio Colombo and published in Italy bySergio Bonelli Editoreabout Harlan Draka, half human, half vampire, who wages war on the multifaceted forces of Evil. The first two episodes are located in Bosnia and Herzegovina (#1 Il figlio del Diavolo) i.e. Sarajevo (#2 La stirpe della note) during the Bosnian War.
- Goodbye Sarajevo – A True Story of Courage, Love and Survivalby Atka Reid and Hana Schofield and published in 2011, is the story of two sisters from Sarajevo and their separate experiences of the war.
- Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War(byPeter Maass), published in 1997 is his account as a reporter at the height of the Bosnian War.
- Shrader, Charles R. (2003). The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Central Bosnia: A Military History, 1992–1994. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-261-4.
- My War Gone By, I Miss It SobyAnthony Loydis a memoir of Loyd's time spent covering the conflict as a photojournalist and writer.[427]
- The Pepperdogs,a 2004 novel byBing West,features aUnited States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissanceteam caught between sides during the NATO peacekeeping effort.[428]
- Canadian author Steven Galloway's book "The Cellist of Sarajevo" follows three characters living through the siege and the impacts it has on them.[citation needed]
Music
edit- "Miss Sarajevo"byU2,featuringBonoandLuciano Pavarotti.[429]
- "Pure Massacre"bySilverchair.[430]
- "Bosnia" bythe Cranberries.
- "Sarajevo" byUHF.
- "Sarajevo" by Greek rock bandMagic De Spell
- "Sva bol svijeta"byFazla.
- "Nad trupem Jugosławii" by Polish punk rock bandKSU.
- Theconcept albumDead Winter DeadbySavatagetells a story set during the Bosnian War.[431][432]
- American rock bandJackopiercewrote the song "Anderson's Luck" from their albumWeatherbased on the siege, describing the life of a couple trying to survive in Sarajevo contrasted with the singer's family, safely watching the events unfold on television.[433]
Video games
editThe 2014 video gameThis War of Minewas inspired by the poor living conditions and wartime atrocities that Bosnian civilians endured during the Siege of Sarajevo where the player controls a group of civilian survivors in a makeshift-damaged house.[434][435]
See also
edit- 1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1995 NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Command responsibility
- High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Land mine contamination in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of massacres in the Bosnian War
- Role of the media in the Yugoslav wars
Notes
edit- ^Also known as the "Aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina" (Serbo-Croatian:Agresija na Bosnu i Hercegovinu), the "Defensive-Liberation War" (Serbo-Croatian:Odbrambeno-oslobodilački rat), the "Defensive-Patriotic War" (Serbo-Croatian:Obrambeno-otadžbinski rat), the "Homeland War [in Bosnia and Herzegovina]" (Serbo-Croatian:Domovinski rat [u Bosni i Hercegovini]) and the "Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (Serbo-Croatian:Građanski rat u Bosni i Hercegovini), depending on each belligerent's point of view.
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