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[[STREAM-]] Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. Montenegro live stream 9 November 2023

The Bosnian Serb objective was clear: to conclude the war before the onset of the next winter. The strategy was simple, even if its execution was brazen. First, ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina - United States Department of State Bosnia-Herzegovina country profileBosnia-Herzegovina is an independent state which is partially under international oversight under the terms of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords which ended the 1992-95 Bosnian war and the break-up of Yugoslavia. More than 100, 000 people were killed and around two million displaced in the war, which also left the infrastructure and economy in tatters. Its three main communities are Bosniak Muslims, Croats and Serbs. The country comprises two autonomous entities - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska - and the Brcko District, which is governed by its own local government. 1914 - A Bosnian Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinates the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. This precipitates World War One. 1918 - Austria-Hungary collapses at the end of the war. Bosnia-Herzegovina becomes part of the future Yugoslavia. 1941 - Bosnia-Herzegovina annexed by pro-Hitler Croatian puppet state. Thousands of Serbs, Jews and Gypsies are sent to the death camps. 1945 - Bosnia-Herzegovina liberated following campaign by Communist partisans. 1945-1991- Bosnia is part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 1992 - Following collapse of communism, Croat and Muslim nationalists form tactical alliance and outvote Serbs at independence referendum. 1992-1995 - Bitter ethnically-rooted civil war involving Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, and Croats. Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Profile Serbs quickly assume control of over half the republic. Killings and deportations are rampant in the newly-proclaimed Serb Republic, but also widespread in Muslim and Croat-controlled areas. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Civilians and Bosnian troops under Serbian sniper fire during the siege of Sarajevo in 19921995 - Safe haven of Srebrenica is overrun by Bosnian Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic, who massacre over 8, 000 Muslims. Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct legal predecessor to the modern-day ... Bosnia and Herzegovina - The World Factbook Background. Bosnia and Herzegovina declared sovereignty in October 1991 and independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum ... Bosnia-Herzegovina country profile Aug 22, 2023 — BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FACTS · Capital: Sarajevo · Area: 51,129 sq km · Population: 3.4 million · Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian · Life ...