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Bosnian conflict: destruction in Sarajevo Three side-by-side historical maps show the changing borders of Yugoslavia in 1919, 1946, and 1992. The 1919 map labels the region as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The 1946 map shows Yugoslavia with internal republics like Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The 1992 map depicts the breakup of Yugoslavia, with independent countries including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the remaining Yugoslavia consisting of Serbi Bosnian conflict: detention camp Bosnian conflict Srebrenica genocide memorial Dayton Accords Stabilization Force flag A forensic expert wearing gloves and a hat examines human remains and personal items in a mass grave at Srebrenica, Bosnia, with evidence markers and excavation tools visible. Radovan Karadzic sits in a courtroom in The Hague, with a uniformed guard in the background. General Ratko Mladic wears a camouflage military uniform and peaked cap with insignia, looking toward the camera.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Bosnia’s war, 30 years on: How did the atrocities happen? Jul 04, 2026
Add new Web site: US Commission on International Religious Freedom - The Bosnian Genocide as an Expression of Anti-Muslim Politics (PDF). Apr 02, 2026
Add new Web site: United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals - War in Bosnia. Jul 08, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Assignment - The Bosnian War. Apr 22, 2025
Questions and answers revised. Mar 18, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing: An Analysis on the Role of the United Nations during the Bosnian War. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: BioMed Central - BMC Psychiatry - Long-term psychological distress of Bosnian war survivors: an 11-year follow-up of former displaced persons, returnees, and stayers. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Montreal Holocaust Museum - The Bosnian Genocide. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - The Bosnian War. Dec 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Infographic: 30 years since the Bosnian War. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: History Today - Conflicting Truths: The Bosnian War. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: The Brookings Institution - Decision to Intervene: How the War in Bosnia ended. Oct 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Remembring Srebrenica - Bosnian War- A Brief Overview. Feb 20, 2022
Media added. Oct 22, 2020
Changed article title from "Bosnian conflict" to "Bosnian War." Mar 27, 2019
Revised translation of Serb Democratic Party. Mar 08, 2018
Updated for the conclusion of the ICTY's mandate. Nov 30, 2017
Add new Web site: Mount Holyoke College - Bosnian War. May 09, 2016
Updated for the conviction of Radovan Karadzic. Mar 24, 2016
Changed "Bosniaks (formerly designated as Muslims)" to "Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims)." Apr 01, 2015
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 06, 2015
Add new Web site: Wars of the World - The Bosnia Civil War, 1992 - 1995. Jun 24, 2014
Changed "Bosniac" to "Bosniak." Apr 24, 2012
Added images of destruction in Sarajevo, a detainee camp, and remains of those killed during the Bosnian conflict. Jul 07, 2010
Clarified that the European Community ultimately was succeeded by the European Union. Dec 28, 2009
New article added. Mar 24, 2009
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