1. The Bosnian War

3. How the War Began
Feb 29- Mar 1, 1992: Bosnian Muslims and Croats vote for independence
Referendum boycotted by Serbs

4. 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

5. May: U.N. sanctions on Serbia for backing rebel Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia

6. 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

7. March, 1994: U.S. brokered agreement ends Muslim-Croat war
Creates Muslim-Croat federation

8. The War Continues
March, 1995: Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic orders 2 U.N. safe areas to be cut off and aid convoys stopped

9. 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

10. August: NATO strikes begin against Bosnian Serbs
Nov. 21: Bosnian Muslim President, Croatian President, and Serbian President agree to U.S. brokered peace deal

11. 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

12. The End of the War…
July, 1996: West forces Karadzic to quit as Bosnian Serb president
Karadzic goes underground

13. Punishment
Feb 12, 2002: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial charged with 66 counts of genocide and war crimes

14. June 11, 2003: Bosnian Serb government make a landmark admission -- that Serbs indeed massacred thousands of Muslims on Karadzic's orders.

15. 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.

16. Bosnia Today
Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia continue to be feel the effects of war