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Apr 6, 2022 · Sarajevo was under siege from Serbian forces for almost four years, the longest blocade of any capital city in modern warfare. More than 11,000 lives were lost. The city was eventually...
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The siege of Sarajevo (Bosnian: Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska.
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Apr 5, 2022 · The siege of Sarajevo started 30 years ago this week. It was the longest siege in modern history. Over a quarter of a million people lived under heavy bombardment and shelling for nearly...
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Feb 29, 2024 · Siege of Sarajevo, siege of the city Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces from April 5, 1992, to February 29, 1996, during the Bosnian War, which followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia. It is the longest siege in modern European history through the 20th century, followed by the 872-day Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II.
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Whilst much of the country became the scene of brutal fighting and ethnic cleansing, a different, but no less horrific situation was unfolding in Sarajevo, Bosnia’s cosmopolitan capital. On 5 April 1992 Bosnian Serb Nationalists placed Sarajevo under siege. In stark contrast to the the complex nature of the conflict, the situation in Sarajevo was d...
As time went by supplies dwindled. There was no food, no electricity, no heat and no water. The black market flourished; residents burnt furniture to keep warm and foraged for wild plants and dandelion roots to stave off hunger. People risked their lives queuing for hours to collect water from fountains that were in full view of the snipers who pre...
Walk around Sarajevo’s cobbled streets today and you are likely to see the scars of the siege. Bullet holes remain scattered across battered buildings and over 200 ‘Sarajevo roses’- concrete mortar marks which were filled with red resin as a memorial to those who died there – can be found across the city. However, the damage is more than skin deep....
May 3, 2020 · Wednesday, May 3, 1995, was supposed to be a peaceful day in besieged Sarajevo for 12-year-old Dzemil Hodzic, as a ceasefire had been declared. It was a sunny day and with no shooting or shelling...
Dec 6, 2010 · In the spring of 1992, Sarajevo’s citizens were forced to take up arms to defend themselves from attack by Serb forces whose violent actions against Bosnian Muslims across the country gave rise...
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