Time Line of the Bosnian War
"1992
~ Feb 20- Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independent
~ April- Bosnian Serbs begin their siege on sarajevo
1993
~Jan.- Bosnian deputy Prime Minister killed by Serbian forces while on the way to airport.
~Bosnian Muslims and Croats begin fighting over the parts of Bosnia not already taken by Serbs. This is about 30% of the original teritory.
~ U.N. delcares Safe Havens for muslims; Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac, Serbrenica, Zepa and Gorazde.
1994
~Feb. 6- A mortar explodes in corwded market in Sarajevo, 68 poeple killed.
~Feb. 28- NATO shoots down four Serbian aircraft over Bosnia, intervening for the first time since the war began.
~March 18- Bosnian Mulisms and Croats sign peace accords drawn up by U.S.
1995
~Janurary 1st.- Former US President Jimmy Carter brokers peace agreement between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims. The Truce holds well for about 4 months.
~May 24th- Serb forces refuse to remove heacy weapons from Sarajevo and as a result NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition depot. In retallitaion, Serbs begin attacking the Muslim Safe zones designated by the UN.
~July 11- Serbs sieze Sreb
~ July- Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic indicted for war crimes.
~ July- July 25th- Serbs sieze Zepa
~August 30th- NATO airstrike begins against Serbs in and around Sarajevo
~November 1st- Peace talks begin in Dayton, Ohio
~November 21st- Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia agree to a settlement
~November 27th- President Clinton asks for support in sending 20,000 American troops to Bosnia
~December 3- President Clinton gives the official order to deploy American troops to Bosnia
~December 14th- The Dayton Peace Accords are signed by the Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs. 60,000 NATO troops are now allowed into the territories for peacekeeping purposes only.
~December 20th- NATO takes over peace-keeping duties from UN" (Bosnia...).
~ Feb 20- Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independent
~ April- Bosnian Serbs begin their siege on sarajevo
1993
~Jan.- Bosnian deputy Prime Minister killed by Serbian forces while on the way to airport.
~Bosnian Muslims and Croats begin fighting over the parts of Bosnia not already taken by Serbs. This is about 30% of the original teritory.
~ U.N. delcares Safe Havens for muslims; Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac, Serbrenica, Zepa and Gorazde.
1994
~Feb. 6- A mortar explodes in corwded market in Sarajevo, 68 poeple killed.
~Feb. 28- NATO shoots down four Serbian aircraft over Bosnia, intervening for the first time since the war began.
~March 18- Bosnian Mulisms and Croats sign peace accords drawn up by U.S.
1995
~Janurary 1st.- Former US President Jimmy Carter brokers peace agreement between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims. The Truce holds well for about 4 months.
~May 24th- Serb forces refuse to remove heacy weapons from Sarajevo and as a result NATO launches an aircraft attack on Serb ammunition depot. In retallitaion, Serbs begin attacking the Muslim Safe zones designated by the UN.
~July 11- Serbs sieze Sreb
~ July- Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic indicted for war crimes.
~ July- July 25th- Serbs sieze Zepa
~August 30th- NATO airstrike begins against Serbs in and around Sarajevo
~November 1st- Peace talks begin in Dayton, Ohio
~November 21st- Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia agree to a settlement
~November 27th- President Clinton asks for support in sending 20,000 American troops to Bosnia
~December 3- President Clinton gives the official order to deploy American troops to Bosnia
~December 14th- The Dayton Peace Accords are signed by the Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs. 60,000 NATO troops are now allowed into the territories for peacekeeping purposes only.
~December 20th- NATO takes over peace-keeping duties from UN" (Bosnia...).
