Bosnian Genocide
how the conflict started
The fall of communism was the main cause of the Genocide. Their president ,Tito, who held the Bosnian federation together had died.The ethnic hatred or ethnic tension was also one of the major cause of the Bosnia Genocide. The Croats and Orthodox Serbs who live in Bosnia wanted to eliminate Bosnian Muslims and control the country.
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who was involved
MAPS AND MAIN EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN CONFLICT
Srebrenica
-Target was mainly Bosniak men and boys -8372 total deaths -more than 20,000 people expelled from the area - |
Zepa
-starvation and cold from concentration camps caused the deaths of 60 children and 42 adults -young and elderly women are evacuated to Sarajevo -116 total deaths |
HOW CONFLICT ENDED/WHERE IT STANDS TODAY
timeline
-1992
- Febrary 29th- Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence
- April- Bosnian Serbs begin their siege on Sarajevo
- January- Bosnian deputy Prime Minister killed by Serbian forces while en route to the airport.
- Bosnian Mulsims and Croats begin fighting ovver the parts of Bosnia not already taken by Serbs. This amounts to about 30% of the original territory.
- The UN declares six safe zones for muslims : Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac, Srebrenica, Zepa and Gorazde.
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