Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995, that emerged from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is the direct legal predecessor to the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Establishment

March 1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina seceded from the disintegrating Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992.

April 1992: When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia after the 1992 Bosnian independence referendum, the Bosnian Serbs (whose strategic goal was to create a new Bosnian Serb state of Republika Srpska (RS) that would include Bosniak-majority areas) encircled Sarajevo with a siege force of 13,000 stationed in the surrounding hills.

June 1992: Territorial advances of the Republika Srpska during Operation Corridor.

July 1992: Territorial advances of the Republika Srpska during Operation Corridor.

Chronology

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1. Yugoslav Wars

Were a series of independence wars and insurgencies that resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia.

1.1.Bosnian War

Was a civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, that had recently gained its independence from Yugoslavia. It involved several actors, but mainly pitted the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina against the de facto independent regions of Herzeg-Bosnia and Republika Srpska.

July 1993: Battle of Bugojno.

September 1993: A small unrecognised state that existed in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1993 and 1995. It consisted of the town of Velika Kladuša (its capital) and a few nearby villages. It was proclaimed as a result of secessionist politics by former Bosnian president Fikret Abdić against the central government of Alija Izetbegovic during the Bosnian War.

March 1994: A ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, was signed on 18 March 1994 by Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia Krešimir Zubak. Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1.1.1.Operation Corridor

Was the largest operation conducted during the Bosnian War by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) against the forces of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Croatian Army (HV) in the Bosanska Posavina region of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 24 June and 6 October 1992.

1.1.2.Dayton Agreement

Was a peace agreement that ended the Bosnian War. The warring parties agreed to peace and to a single sovereign state known as Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of two parts, the largely Serb-populated Republika Srpska and the Croat-Bosniak Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 1995: Peace Treaty: reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, United States, on 1 November 1995, and formally signed in Paris, on 14 December 1995. These accords put an end to the 3 1⁄2-year-long Bosnian War, one of the Yugoslav Wars. The warring parties agreed to peace and to a single sovereign state known as Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of two parts, the largely Serb-populated Republika Srpska and the Croat-Bosniak Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.