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War in Bosnia

Bosnian War
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
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The executive council building burns after being hit by artillery 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
(3 years, 8 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result

Military stalemate

Belligerents

1992:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia

1992:

Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska
State Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg Republic of Serbian Krajina
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia

1992–94:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinaa

1992–94:

 Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
 Croatia

1992–1994:

Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska
State Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg Republic of Serbian Krajina
AP Western Bosnia (from 1993)
Supported by:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia

1994–95:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinab
 Croatia
NATO NATO
(bombing operations, 1995)

1994–1995:

Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska
State Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg Republic of Serbian Krajina
AP Western Bosnia
Supported by:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović
(President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Silajdžić
(Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefer Halilović
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993) Bosnia and Herzegovina Rasim Delić
(ARBiH Commander of the General Staff 1993–1995) Bosnia and Herzegovina Enver Hadžihasanović
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993)


NATO Leighton W. Smith
(Commander of AFSOUTH)

and others

Croatia Franjo Tuđman
(President of Croatia) Croatia Gojko Šušak
(Minister of Defence of Croatia)
Croatia Janko Bobetko
(HV Chief of Staff 1992–1995)


Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Mate Boban
(President of CR Herzeg-Bosnia)
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Milivoj Petković
(HVO Chief of Staff)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Dario Kordić
(Vice president of CR Herzeg-Bosnia)
and others

Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSerbia Slobodan Milošević
(President of Serbia) Republika Srpska Radovan Karadžić
(President of Republika Srpska) Republika Srpska Ratko Mladić
(VRS Chief of Staff) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Momčilo Perišić
(VJ Chief of Staff) Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSerbia Vojislav Šešelj
(paramilitary leader)


Fikret Abdić (President of AP Western Bosnia)

and others
Strength
ARBiH:
110,000 troops
100,000 reserves
40 tanks
30 APCs
HVO:
45,000–50,000 troops
75 tanks
50 APCs
200 artillery pieces
HV:
15,000 troops
VRS:
80,000 troops
300 tanks
700 APCs
800 artillery pieces
AP Western Bosnia:
4,000–5,000 troops
Casualties and losses
30,521 soldiers killed
31,583 civilians killed
6,000 soldiers killed
2,484 civilians killed
21,173 soldiers killed
4,179 civilians killed
additional 5,100 killed whose ethnicity and status are unstated

a From 1992 to 1994, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not supported by the majority of Bosnian Croats and Serbs. Consequently, it represented mainly the Bosnian Muslims.


b Between 1994 and 1995, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was supported and represented by both Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats. This was primarily because of the Washington Agreement.
Dead or disappeared figures according to RDC
(as reported in June 2012)
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%
ICTY death figures(issued by the Demographic Unit in 2010)
Total killed
104,732
Bosniaks c. 68,101
Serbs c. 22,779
Croats c. 8,858
Others c. 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

Military stalemate

1992:

1992:

1992–94:

1992–94:

1992–1994:

1994–95:

1994–1995:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović
(President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Silajdžić
(Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefer Halilović
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993) Bosnia and Herzegovina Rasim Delić
(ARBiH Commander of the General Staff 1993–1995) Bosnia and Herzegovina Enver Hadžihasanović
(ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993)


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