War in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
The parliament building burns after being hit by artillery fire in Sarajevo May 1992.; Ratko Mladić with Bosnian Serb soldiers; a UN soldier in Sarajevo. Photos by Mikhail Evstafiev |
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Belligerents |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Volunteers from Islamic countries
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HVO Croatia
Volunteers from Western Europe |
Republika Srpska Yugoslavia
Various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro
Volunteers from Eastern Europe
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Commanders and leaders |
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Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993)
Rasim Delić (Army chief of Staff 1993-1995)
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Franjo Tuđman (President of Croatia)
Mate Boban (President of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia)
Milivoj Petković (HVO Chief of staff) |
Dobrica Ćosić (President of FR Yugoslavia) (1992-1993) Zoran Lilić (President of FR Yugoslavia) (1993-1997)
Slobodan Milošević(President of Serbia) (1989-1997)
Radovan Karadžić (President of the Republika Srpska)
Ratko Mladić (Commander of the Army of Republika Srpska) |