Bosnian War

Bosnian War
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
File:Bosnian war header.no.png The 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 (3 years, 8 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Bosnia and Herzegovina Result Military stalemate Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords. Over 101,000 dead, mainly Bosniaks. First 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.
Belligerents
1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia		1992: File:Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska SFR Yugoslavia Serbian Krajina
1992–94: Bosnia and Herzegovina	1992–94: Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia	1992–94: File:Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina AP Western Bosnia (from 1993) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia
1994–95: Bosnia and Herzegovinab Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia NATO (bombing operations, 1995)		1994–95: File:Flag of Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina AP Western Bosnia Supported by: FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Haris Silajdžić (Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993) Rasim Delić (ARBiH Commander of the General Staff 1993–1995) Enver Hadžihasanović (ARBiH Chief of Staff 1992–1993) Leighton W. Smith (Commander of AFSOUTH) …and others	Franjo Tuđman (President of Croatia) Gojko Šušak (Minister of Defence of Croatia) Janko Bobetko (HV Chief of Staff) Mate Boban (President of Herzeg-Bosnia) Milivoj Petković (HVO Chief of Staff) Slobodan Praljak (HVO Chief of Staff) …and others	Slobodan Milošević (President of Serbia) Radovan Karadžić (President of Republika Srpska) Ratko Mladić (VRS Chief of Staff) Momčilo Perišić (VJ Chief of Staff) 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.

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina or 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 was estimated that in the nearly 4 year war killed 100,000 - 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.