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NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Operation Allied Force
Part of the Kosovo War
Нато бомбе изазивале еколошку катастрофу у Новом Саду.jpeg
Novi Sad on fire, 1999 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Date 23 March – 10 June 1999 (78 days)
Location Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, mainly in Serbia and Kosovo
Result
  • Both sides claim victory
  • Kumanovo Treaty initiated
  • Withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo
  • Deployment of KFOR
  • Establishment of UNMIK
  • Heavy destruction of Yugoslavia's economy and infrastructure
Territorial
changes
UN Resolution 1244; de facto separation of Kosovo from Yugoslavia under United Nations temporary administration
Belligerents

NATO NATO

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders

NATO Wesley Clark (SACEUR)
NATO Rupert Smith
NATO Javier Solana


United States Gen. John W. Hendrix
United States James O. Ellis
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoljub Ojdanić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Pavković
Strength

NATO Over 1,031 aircraft

NATO 30 attack ships and submarines
United States Task Force Hawk
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 114,000 regulars
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 20,000 Yugoslav police
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia100 SAM launchers
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 14 modern combat aircraft
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1,400 artillery pieces
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1,270 combat capable tanks
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 825 combat capable armoured vehicles
Casualties and losses
NATO 3 fighter jets, 2 helicopters and 25 UAVs destroyed; 3 fighter jets damaged
NATO 2 soldiers killed in non-combat helicopter crash , 3 soldiers captured
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 956–1,200 killed, 5,173 wounded and 52 missing
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia disputed numbers of tanks, APCs, and artillery pieces; as well as 121 aircraft destroyed
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Economic loss of $29.6 billion

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Human Rights Watch verified that around 500 civilians died as a result of air attacks, nearly 60% of whom were in Kosovo. Serbian sources estimated between 1,200 and 5,700 civilian deaths.

China 3 Chinese journalists killed in United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

NATO NATO

NATO Wesley Clark (SACEUR)
NATO Rupert Smith
NATO Javier Solana

NATO Over 1,031 aircraft


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