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Bosnian Serb and JNA troops overwhelmed the poorly equipped and unprepared Bosnian security forces to take control of large areas of Bosnian territory, beginning with attacks on Bosniak civilians in the east.
- The Siege
- Surviving
- Lasting Effects
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....
When Bosnia and Herzegovina’s independence was recognized by the United States and the EC on April 7, Bosnian Serb paramilitary forces immediately began firing on Sarajevo, and the artillery bombardment of the city by Bosnian Serb units of the Yugoslav army began soon thereafter.
- John R. Lampe
- The Bosnian War was fought in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995.
- The number of people killed during the Bosnian War has been contested. Broadly accepted independent estimates today put the death toll at about 100...
- The most prominent people charged with committing war crimes during the Bosnian War were Slobodan Milošević, who died in prison before his trial en...
- The Bosnian War ended after a final cease-fire was negotiated at Dayton, Ohio, U.S. The Dayton Accords called for a federalized Bosnia and Herzegov...
Feb 29, 2024 · Before fighting broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1992, Bosnian Serbs constructed reinforced artillery positions in the hills overlooking Sarajevo, reasoning that if they could crush resistance there, they might crush it everywhere.
Jul 12, 1995 · United Nations and Bosnian Government officials say the drive into the 16-square-mile enclave of Srebrenica (pronounced SREH-breh-neet-sah) appears to be part of a Bosnian Serb offensive to...
During the siege of Sarajevo, Bosniak paramilitary leader Mušan Topalović and his forces abducted and killed mostly Serbs living in and around the Sarajevo suburb Bistrik before Bosnian police killed Topalović in October 1993. After the war, Croats left Vareš voluntarily, fearing Bosniak revenge.
On 4 April 1992, Izetbegović ordered all reservists and police in Sarajevo to mobilise, and SDS called for evacuation of the city's Serbs, marking the "definite rupture between the Bosnian government and Serbs".
