Operations Krivaja '95 and Stupčanica '95

Siege of Srebrenica
Part of the Bosnian War
A panorama of the town of Srebrenica
Date April 1992 – 11 July 1995 Location Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Result Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Srebrenica enclave incorporated into the Republika Srpska Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre Territorial changes Republika Srpska captures the Srebrenica enclave
Belligerents
Yugoslav People's Army (1992) Army of Republika Srpska (1992–95) Serb Volunteer Guard (1992, 1995) Scorpions paramilitary unit (1995) Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia (1995) Greek Volunteer Guard (1995) Russian volunteers (1995)	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Ratko Mladić Radislav Krstić Zdravko Tolimir Milorad Pelemiš	Naser Orić (May 1992–June 1995) Ramiz Bećirović (June–July 1995)  (WIA)
Strength
~2,000 soldiers	~6,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
9,377 documented deaths in the Srebrenica municipality (1992–95)

Operation Krivaja '95 Oпeрaциja Криваја '95
Part of the Bosnian War
A map depicting the capture of Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb forces
Date 6–11 July 1995 Location Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Result Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre
Belligerents
Army of Republika Srpska Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia Greek volunteers Russian volunteers	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH)
Commanders and leaders
Ratko Mladić Radislav Krstić Zdravko Tolimir Milenko Živanović Milorad Pelemiš	Ramiz Bećirović
Strength
1,500–2,000 soldiers 200–300 volunteers 100 volunteers	6,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	More than 8,000 civilians dead and 35,632 evacuated
1 peacekeeper killed, hundreds taken hostage

Decisive Bosnian Serb victory

Yugoslav People's Army (1992)

The Siege of Srebrenica (Bosnian: Opsada Srebrenice, Serbian: Опсада Сребреницe) was a three-year-long siege of the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina which lasted from April 1992 to July 1995 during the Bosnian War.

Initially assaulted by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and the Serb Volunteer Guard (SDG), the town was encircled by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) in May 1992, starting a brutal siege which was to last for the majority of the Bosnian War. In June 1995, the commander of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) in the enclave, Naser Orić, left Srebrenica and fled to the town of Tuzla. He was subsequently replaced by his deputy, Major Ramiz Bećirović.

In July 1995, Srebrenica fell to the combined forces of the Republika Srpska and numerous paramilitary formations which included Greek and Russian volunteers in what was codenamed Operation Krivaja '95. The subsequent massacre of the town's male population led to the deaths of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, and is considered the largest act of mass murder in Europe since the end of World War II. It was judged to have been a crime of genocide by international criminal courts. As a result, three high level VRS officials have been convicted of Committing and Conspiracy to commit genocide, Vujadin Popovic, Zdravko Tolimir, and Lujbesa Beara. Two individuals have been found guilty of aiding and abetting genocide General Radislav Krstic, and Drago Nikolic. The main staff general Ratko Mladic and Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadzic are currently on trial for the Srebrenica genocide under Count two of their indictment. Slobodan Milosevic the President of Serbia was also indicted for genocide in a number of Bosnia's municipalities including Srebrenica before his death in 2006. A number of other Bosnian Serb and Serbian officials have been charged and convicted for the events of July 1995 in Srebrenica for providing practical assistance and as superiors. The conviction of VRS General Radislav Krstić who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of murder, persecution and aiding and abetting genocide, becoming the first individual in Europe to be convicted of Genocide since World War 2. The commander of Bosniak forces in the enclave, Naser Orić, was found guilty of failing to prevent the mistreatment of VRS prisoners held in Srebrenica between September 1992 and March 1993. However, his conviction was overturned in 2008.

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