Bosnian War

The **Bosnian War**  is the generally accepted name for an international military conflict in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which lasted from  April 6th 1992 to December 14th 1995, between Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatia. This war is often appointed and as **The aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina** and **Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina**. Bosnia and Herzegovina formally indicted Serbia and Montenegro for genocide before the International Court of Justice. The Court 21st February  2007 published a judgment in which he concluded that the war had an international character.

It is estimated that in the nearly four-year war killed as many as 200,000 people, while over 2,000,000 people had to leave their homes. According to more recent reports, the war killed around 94,000 inhabitants, and displaced about 1,800,000 people. The war was caused by a complex combination of the general political, social and security crisis in the country, which followed the end of the Cold War and the fall of the socialist system in Yugoslavia. The war ended with the signing Peace Agreement in Dayton, Ohio on 21 November 1995.

## Infobox (military conflict)

- **conflict**: Bosnian War
- **partof**: the Yugoslav Wars
- **image**: Bosnian war header.no.png
- **caption**: The Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, Executive Council Building burns after being hit by tank fire in Sarajevo May 1992; Ratko Mladić with Army of Republika Srpska officers; a Norwegian UN soldier in Sarajevo.
- **date**: 6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995
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- **place**: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- **result**: Military stalemate
* Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords.
* Over 101,000 dead, mainly Bosniaks.
* First Srebrenica genocide, case of genocide in Europe since World War II.
* Deployment of NATO-led forces to oversee the peace agreement.
* Establishment of the Office of the High Representative to oversee the civilian implementation of the peace agreement.
- **combatant1**: **1992**:

- **combatant3**: **1992**:
 History of Republika Srpska#1991–1995, Republika Srpska

- **combatant1a**: **1992–94**:

- **combatant2a**: **1992–94**:

- **combatant3a**: **1992–94**:
 History of Republika Srpska#1991–1995, Republika Srpska

Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, AP Western Bosnia <small>(from 1993)</small>
**Supported by:**

- **combatant1b**: **1994–95**:

<small>(Operation Deliberate Force, bombing operations, 1995)</small>
- **combatant3b**: **1994–95**:
 History of Republika Srpska#1991–1995, Republika Srpska

Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, AP Western Bosnia
**Supported by:**

- **commander1**: Alija Izetbegović
<small>(Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina)</small>
 Haris Silajdžić
<small>(Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina)</small>

Sefer Halilović
<small>(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993)</small>
 Rasim Delić
<small>(ARBiH Commander of the General Staff 1993–1995)</small>

Enver Hadžihasanović
<small>(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993)</small>
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 Leighton W. Smith
<small>(Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples, AFSOUTH)</small>

<small>Leaders of the Yugoslav Wars, …_and others_</small>
- **commander2**: Franjo Tuđman
<small>(President of Croatia)</small>

Gojko Šušak
<small>(Minister of Defence of Croatia)</small>

Janko Bobetko
<small>(Military of Croatia, HV Chief of Staff)</small>

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 Mate Boban
<small>(President of Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, Herzeg-Bosnia)</small>

Milivoj Petković
<small>(Croatian Defence Council, HVO Chief of Staff)</small>
 Slobodan Praljak
<small>(Croatian Defence Council, HVO Chief of Staff)</small>
<small>Leaders of the Yugoslav Wars, …_and others_</small>
- **commander3**: Slobodan Milošević
<small>(President of Serbia)</small>
 Radovan Karadžić
<small>(President of Republika Srpska)</small>
 Ratko Mladić
<small>(Army of Republika Srpska, VRS Chief of Staff)</small>
 Momčilo Perišić
<small>(Yugoslav Army, VJ Chief of Staff)</small>
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 Fikret Abdić <small>(President of AP Western Bosnia)</small>

<small>Leaders of the Yugoslav Wars, …_and others_</small>
- **strength1**: **Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ARBiH**:
110,000 troops
100,000 reserves
40 tanks
30 Armoured personnel carrier, APCs
- **strength2**: **Croatian Defence Council, HVO**:
45,000–50,000 troops
75 tanks
50 Armoured personnel carrier, APCs
200 artillery pieces
**Croatian Army, HV**:
15,000 troops
- **strength3**: **Army of Republika Srpska, VRS**:
80,000 troops
300 tanks
700 Armoured personnel carrier, APCs
800 artillery pieces
**Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, AP Western Bosnia**:
4,000–5,000 troops
- **casualties1**: 30,521 soldiers killed
31,583 civilians killed
- **casualties2**: 6,000 soldiers killed
2,484 civilians killed
- **casualties3**: 21,173 soldiers killed
4,179 civilians killed
- **notes**: <sup>**a**</sup>

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<sup>**b**</sup>
- **casus**: The independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- **casualties4**: additional 5,100 killed whose ethnicity and status are unstated