| Bosnian War | ||||||||
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| Part of the Yugoslav Wars | ||||||||
 Clockwise from left: 1. The Executive Council Building burns after being hit by tank fire in Sarajevo. 2. May 1992; Ratko Mladić with Army of Republika Srpska officers. 3. A Norwegian UN peacekeeper in Sarajevo during the siege in 1992. | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
Until October 1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia |
Until May 1992: Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||
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October 1992–94: Bosnia and Herzegovina |
October 1992–94: Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia |
May 1992–94: Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (from 1993) | ||||||
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1994–95: Bosnia and Herzegovinab Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia Support:  NATO (bombing operations, 1995) |
1994–95: Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western BosniaSupport:  FR Yugoslavia | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Krešimir Zubak(President of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1994) Milivoj Petković(HVO Chief of Staff) ...and others |
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| Strength | ||||||||
 ARBiH:110,000 troops 110,000 reserves 40 tanks 30 APCs[1] |
 HVO:45,000–50,000 troops[2][3][4] 75 tanks 50 APCs 200 artillery pieces[5] HV:15,000 troops[6] |
1992: JNA:Unknown 1992– VRS:80,000 troops 300 tanks 700 APCs 800 artillery pieces[7] AP Western Bosnia:4,000–5,000 troops[8] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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30,521 soldiers killed 31,583 civilians killed[9][10] |
6,000 soldiers killed 2,484 civilians killed[9][10] |
21,173 soldiers killed 4,179 civilians killed[9][10] | ||||||
| additional 5,100 killed whose ethnicity and status are unstated[11] | ||||||||
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a ^ From 1992 to 1994, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not supported by the majority of Bosnian Croats and Serbs. Consequently, it represented mainly the Bosniaks. b ^ Between 1994 and 1995, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was supported and represented by both Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats. This was primarily because of the Washington Agreement. | ||||||||
The Bosnian War[a] (Serbo-Croatian: Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April
- ^ Ramet 2010, p. 130.
- ^ Christia 2012, p. 154.
- ^ CIA 1993, p. 28.
- ^ Shrader 2003, p. 22.
- ^ Ramet 2006, p. 450.
- ^ Mulaj 2008, p. 53.
- ^ Finlan 2004, p. 21
- ^ Ramet 2006, p. 451.
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RDC 2012was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Prometej. "Spolna i nacionalna struktura žrtava i ljudski gubitci vojnih formacija (1991–1996)". www.prometej.ba. Prometej. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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