this war included the longest siege in
modern times welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be learning more about
the Bosnian war possession of
bosnia-herzegovina traded back and forth
for centuries in 1908 the country was
annexed by austria-hungary in 1918
following the dissolution of
austria-hungary Bosnia joined five other
socialist territories to form Yugoslavia
this remained the status quo until the
early 1990s at that point Slovenia
Croatia and Macedonia each successively
voted to leave Yugoslavia and this led
to war in many of those regions at that
point in Bosnia three main ethnic groups
formed the population almost half were
Slavic Muslim Bosniaks while Orthodox
Christians Serbs comprised just over 30%
and Catholic Croats were 17% of the
populace Serb nationalists within bosnia
were strongly against the idea of their
country’s independence at the end of
February 1992 when Bosnia voted in a
referendum on the subject
Serbs boycotted the vote in favor of
creating their own republic called the
Serbian Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina however those who did vote
chose to secede from Yugoslavia and so
the republic of bosnia and herzegovina
was declared at the beginning of march
1992 within a month the newly created
country was attacked by Serbian forces
with support from slobodan milosevic
Serbian government and the Yugoslav
People’s Army aside from the desire to
claim new territory for Greater Serbia
the Serbs wanted to ethnically cleanse
the population of Muslims initially crow
hats and Bosniaks teamed up in the face
of the Serb threat the infamous siege of
Sarajevo began early in the war in April
1992 when Serb forces took the
predominantly Muslim capital city this
four-year siege resulted in the deaths
or disappearances of roughly 10,000
people from the city including many
children as residents scrambled for
basic human needs they were also
required to evade sniper fire while in
the streets 1992 also marked the start
of the genocide against the non Serbian
populace
Asians of Bosnia those groups were
intimidated tortured and killed with
villages and homes destroyed targeted
groups became refugees or were held in
detention camps by the end of the year
the Serbs occupied roughly 70% of the
country Croat forces had also shifted
from a defensive stance and began
seizing land also this began a war
within a war referred to as the Croat
bosniak war that battle overshadowed
much of 1993 that year the UN sent aid
to Bosnia but was criticized for being
largely ineffectual in the face of this
conflict by 1994 NATO intervened by
launching airstrikes against the Serbs
while this succeeded in ending some
sieges fighting continued when the Croat
bosniak war ended that year those groups
reteamed to fight the Serbs together as
conflict continued into 1995 one of the
most violent crimes on European soil
since the second world war took place in
July the town of Svoboda Nitze was
massacred by the Bosnian Serb army
despite being a un safe zone over 8,000
were killed and more were wounded and
displaced however this was one of many
similar massacres that year NATO forces
again used air strikes against the Serbs
which helped Bosnian government forces
reclaim lost territory the end of
hostilities came soon after in November
1995 the Dayton peace agreement was
reached in Dayton Ohio by the Serbian
Croatian and Bosnian presidents when
this agreement went into force it marked
the war’s official end as stated in the
Accord Bosnia Herzegovina was split into
two independent states one Bosniak and
croa the other Serb national elections
were also called and a nato-led
peacekeeping effort began however much
of the population was unhappy with the
country’s division though exact numbers
are disputed the Bosnian war resulted in
25 to 330 thousand deaths it caused the
destruction of numerous historic
buildings and monuments and created
hundreds of thousands of refugees
atrocity scene during the war included
genocide mass rape and emotional
subjugation and in the years following
the conflict numerous figures were tried
for war
though Bosnia’s rebuilding period
continues the effects of this war will
undoubtedly echo for years
modern times welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be learning more about
the Bosnian war possession of
bosnia-herzegovina traded back and forth
for centuries in 1908 the country was
annexed by austria-hungary in 1918
following the dissolution of
austria-hungary Bosnia joined five other
socialist territories to form Yugoslavia
this remained the status quo until the
early 1990s at that point Slovenia
Croatia and Macedonia each successively
voted to leave Yugoslavia and this led
to war in many of those regions at that
point in Bosnia three main ethnic groups
formed the population almost half were
Slavic Muslim Bosniaks while Orthodox
Christians Serbs comprised just over 30%
and Catholic Croats were 17% of the
populace Serb nationalists within bosnia
were strongly against the idea of their
country’s independence at the end of
February 1992 when Bosnia voted in a
referendum on the subject
Serbs boycotted the vote in favor of
creating their own republic called the
Serbian Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina however those who did vote
chose to secede from Yugoslavia and so
the republic of bosnia and herzegovina
was declared at the beginning of march
1992 within a month the newly created
country was attacked by Serbian forces
with support from slobodan milosevic
Serbian government and the Yugoslav
People’s Army aside from the desire to
claim new territory for Greater Serbia
the Serbs wanted to ethnically cleanse
the population of Muslims initially crow
hats and Bosniaks teamed up in the face
of the Serb threat the infamous siege of
Sarajevo began early in the war in April
1992 when Serb forces took the
predominantly Muslim capital city this
four-year siege resulted in the deaths
or disappearances of roughly 10,000
people from the city including many
children as residents scrambled for
basic human needs they were also
required to evade sniper fire while in
the streets 1992 also marked the start
of the genocide against the non Serbian
populace
Asians of Bosnia those groups were
intimidated tortured and killed with
villages and homes destroyed targeted
groups became refugees or were held in
detention camps by the end of the year
the Serbs occupied roughly 70% of the
country Croat forces had also shifted
from a defensive stance and began
seizing land also this began a war
within a war referred to as the Croat
bosniak war that battle overshadowed
much of 1993 that year the UN sent aid
to Bosnia but was criticized for being
largely ineffectual in the face of this
conflict by 1994 NATO intervened by
launching airstrikes against the Serbs
while this succeeded in ending some
sieges fighting continued when the Croat
bosniak war ended that year those groups
reteamed to fight the Serbs together as
conflict continued into 1995 one of the
most violent crimes on European soil
since the second world war took place in
July the town of Svoboda Nitze was
massacred by the Bosnian Serb army
despite being a un safe zone over 8,000
were killed and more were wounded and
displaced however this was one of many
similar massacres that year NATO forces
again used air strikes against the Serbs
which helped Bosnian government forces
reclaim lost territory the end of
hostilities came soon after in November
1995 the Dayton peace agreement was
reached in Dayton Ohio by the Serbian
Croatian and Bosnian presidents when
this agreement went into force it marked
the war’s official end as stated in the
Accord Bosnia Herzegovina was split into
two independent states one Bosniak and
croa the other Serb national elections
were also called and a nato-led
peacekeeping effort began however much
of the population was unhappy with the
country’s division though exact numbers
are disputed the Bosnian war resulted in
25 to 330 thousand deaths it caused the
destruction of numerous historic
buildings and monuments and created
hundreds of thousands of refugees
atrocity scene during the war included
genocide mass rape and emotional
subjugation and in the years following
the conflict numerous figures were tried
for war
though Bosnia’s rebuilding period
continues the effects of this war will
undoubtedly echo for years
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