The Bosnian War 1992- 1995
How the War Began Feb 29- Mar 1, 1992: Bosnian Muslims and Croats vote for independence Referendum boycotted by Serbs
April 6: European union recognises Bosnia as independent War breaks out and Serbs lay siege to Sarajevo Serbs make up 70% of the country Want a Serbian Republic
May: U.N. sanctions on Serbia for backing rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia
War Breaks Out Jan, 1993: Bosnian peace attempts fail War breaks out between Muslims and Croats April: U.N. creates 6 Bosnian safe areas U.N. troops stop attacks by Muslims and Croats The area only open for humanitarian efforts for 2 years
March, 1994: U.S. brokered agreement ends Muslim-Croat war Creates Muslim-Croat federation
The War Continues March, 1995: Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic orders 2 U.N. safe areas to be cut off and aid convoys stopped
July 11: Bosnian Serb troops under command of General Ratko Mladic capture one of the safe areas Mladic and Karadzic indicted for genocide by the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
August: NATO strikes begin against Bosnian Serbs Nov. 21: Bosnian Muslim President, Croatian President, and Serbian President agree to U.S. brokered peace deal
Dec. 14 – 66, 000 NATO peacekeeping troops enter Bosnia The international community establishes a permanent presence in the country through the office of an international peace overseer
The End of the War… July, 1996: West forces Karadzic to quit as Bosnian Serb president Karadzic goes underground
Punishment Feb 12, 2002: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial charged with 66 counts of genocide and war crimes
June 11, 2003: Bosnian Serb government make a landmark admission -- that Serbs indeed massacred thousands of Muslims on Karadzic's orders.
March 11, 2006: Milosevic is found dead in his cell in The Hague July 21, 2008: Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for planning and ordering genocide, is arrested.
Bosnia Today Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia continue to be feel the effects of war