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asking for independence
Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from the Yugoslav Federated Republic. In Croatia ethnic Serbs and Croats begin a long, bloody conflict. UN imposes arms embargo on all members of the former Yugoslav Republic, including Bosnia. -
Yugoslavia takes control
because of Milosevic’s failure, in 1991, to take control of all of Yugoslavia, the die was cast for war.To strengthen his hold on the domestic power base, Milosevic made it his mission to set Yugoslavia’s ethnic and national groups against one another -
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peace treaties based on dividing Bosnia was rejected
Many cease fires are broken. Vance-Owen peace treaty is first accepted by Milosevic and Karadzic, then rejected by the Bosnian Serb Parliament. Other peace treaties based on dividing Bosnia along ethnic lines are negotiated, rejected, then renegotiated. Croatians, originally fighting with the Muslims against the Serbs, start their own "ethnic cleansing" campaign. -
War Started
On March 1, 1992, the Bosnian Government held a referendum on independence. Bosnia's parliament declared the republic's independence on April 5, 1992. -
Bosnian Genoside started
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995 -
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Bosnian Genocide
Bosnian Genocide was the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing — in which one million Bosniaks were displaced; half a million permanently removed from their ancestral land, and 65,000 to 75,000 Bosniak civilians and poorly armed defenders killed during the 1992-95 international conflict that took place on a territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian Genocide was characterized by the policy of systematic rapes of Bosniak women and girls, horrific and prolonged siege and shelling of Bosniak c -
muslim nationalists attack
Muslim nationalists form tactical alliance and outvote Serbs at independence referendum. Serb nationalists are incensed as constitution stipulates that all major decisions must be reached through consensus. -
created agreement the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In March 1994, Muslims and Croats in Bosnia signed an agreement creating the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending a period of Muslim-Croat conflict. -
separating territory from muslims
Bosnian Government army makes successful advances against separatist Serbs, recapturing some of the territory around Bihac, in Bosnia's North-East corner. -
NATO strickes back
Cease fire around Sarajevo is spotty, but holding. Bosnian Serb forces are reinforced by Croatian Serb forces from the neighboring Krajina region, press against Bosnian governemnt, re-recapturing the region around Bihac. Bihac is shelled and bombed relentlessly. NATO "strikes back" and bombs the runways in the Serb held airport in Krajina from which bombing raids are flown. Serbs hold over 300 UN troops hostage against further air raids.
