The Bosnia Genocide

  • Boycotting Serbs

    Boycotting Serbs
    Bosnian's Muslims and Croats vote for independence in referendum boycotted by Serbs.
  • War breaks out

    War breaks out
    European Union recognizes Bosnia's independence then war breaks out.The Serbs occupy 70% of the country, killing the Muslims and Croats to carve out Serbs Republic.
  • U.N. Imposed on Serbia

    U.N. Imposed on Serbia
    The U.N. imposed on the Serbia because they backed the rebel Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia.
  • Bosnian Peace Officer Fails

    Bosnian Peace Officer Fails
    The Bosnia peace offer fails and a war breaks out between the Muslims and Croats, who was allies against the Serbs.
  • Bosnia Serbs Army atttacks stop

    Bosnia Serbs Army atttacks stop
    The United Nations Protection Force UNPROFOR deploys troops and Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) attacks stop.
  • The Muslim-Croat War Stops

    The Muslim-Croat War Stops
    U.S.-brokered agreement ends Muslim-Croat war and creates a Muslim-Croat federation.
  • Srebrenica and Zepa are cut off

    Srebrenica and Zepa are cut off
    Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic orders that Srebrenica and Zepa be entirely cut off and aid convoys be stopped from reaching the towns.
  • New order was Formed to conquer Srebrenica

    New order was Formed to conquer Srebrenica
    Karadzic issues a new order to conquer Srebrenica.
  • The Eastern enclave and U.N."safe area" of Srebrenica is captured

    The Eastern enclave and U.N."safe area" of Srebrenica is captured
    Bosnian Serbs troops, under the command of General Ratko Mladic, capture the eastern enclave and U.N. "safe area" of Srebrenica, killing about 8,000 Muslim males in the following week. The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague indicts Karadzic and Mladic for genocide for the siege of Sarajevo.
  • Air Strikes Start

    Air Strikes Start
    NATO starts air strikes against Bosnian Serb troops.
  • Brokered Peace Deal is Agreed On

    Brokered Peace Deal is Agreed On
    Bosnian Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic agree to a U.S.-brokered peace deal in Dayton, Ohio.
  • Dayton Peace accords is Signed

    Dayton Peace accords is Signed
    The three leaders sign the Dayton peace accords in Paris, paving the way for the arrival of a 66,000-strong NATO peacekeeping Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.
  • Karadzic is Forced to quit as President

    Karadzic is Forced to quit as President
    West forces Karadzic to quit as Bosnian Serb president.
  • Nationalist Parties Win first post-War election

    Nationalist Parties Win first post-War election
    Nationalist parties win first post-war election, confirming Bosnia's ethnic division.
  • Karadiz goes underground

    Karadiz goes underground
    Karadzic goes underground because he lost power
  • Milosevic goes on Trial

    Milosevic goes on Trial
    Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial charged with 66 counts of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo.
  • Found out Milosevic knew the Serbs planned to Massacre the Muslims

    Found out Milosevic knew the Serbs planned to Massacre the Muslims
    Ex-NATO commander tells the court Milosevic knew Bosnian Serbs planned to massacre Muslims in Bosnia in 1995.
  • The Serbs indeed massacred Muslims on Karadzic's orders

    The Serbs indeed massacred Muslims on Karadzic's orders
    In a belated abandonment of its endless denials and under strong international pressure, the Bosnian Serb government make a landmark admission -- that Serbs indeed massacred thousands of Muslims at in Srebrenica, on Karadzic's orders.
  • Milosevic Found Dead

    Milosevic Found Dead
    Milosevic is found dead in his cell in The Hague.
  • Karadzic is arrested

    Karadzic is arrested
    Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for planning and ordering genocide, is arrested.