Timeline – The Bosnian War
by1992 1st March Bosnia’s Muslims and Croats vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum boycotted by the majority of the Serbs 3rd March…
Bosnia
The Dayton Peace Accords
byThere were over 30 ceasefires and agreements in Bosnia prior to the Dayton Peace Accords. All of which collapsed. The war had become the…
The Bosnian War – 1995
by1995 saw the eventual end to the fighting of the Bosnian War, but it also saw the worst atrocities to happen in Europe since…
The Bosnian War – February 1994 to January 1995
byIn February 1994 mortar shell fired into a Sarajevo marketplace exploded, killing 68 people. It was a clear message that despite all the peace…
The Bosnian War – April 1993 to February 1994
byThe attempt to keep Bosnia intact under a federal state was finally abandoned in May 1993 when the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace…
The Bosnian War – April 1992 to April 1993
byBy mid-1992 the Serbs had consolidated their gains, Croats had split from the Bosnians and military intervention was more necessary than ever. Intervention at…
The Beginning of the Bosnian War
byIt is clear to anyone who understood the implications of the collapse of Yugoslavia, that Bosnia was by far the biggest concern. The Bosnian…
The Butcher of Bosnia
byMore than 20 years after the end of the Bosnian war, General Mladic, former Bosnian Serb army commander was finally sentenced to life imprisonment….
The Failure of the International Community
byThe leaders of the Yugoslav republics must bear the responsibility for the wars that crippled the country. But it must be noted that…
The Bosnian War – How it all began
byIn the aftermath of the Second World War, the Balkan states of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Macedonia became better known as the…