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Operation Deliberate Force

Serbia · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1995

Slobodan Milosevic30 August 1995

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

Slobodan MilosevicAugust 1995

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

A sustained air campaign conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in concert with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) ground operations, to undermine the military capability of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)

Slobodan MilosevicAugust 1995

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Operation Deliberate Force is carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5,000 personnel from 15 nations

Slobodan MilosevicAugust 1995

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Army of Republika Srpska attacks UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, precipitating direct intervention by NATO

Slobodan MilosevicAugust 1995

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

Names involved

Slobodan Milosevic

Provenance

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