Serbia · Warfare / Bosnian War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Fought during the Bosnian War between poorly equipped defending forces of the Bosnian Government, who had declared independence from Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Peoples Army (JNA) and Bosnian Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) (VRS)
It is estimated that of the more than 12,000 people who were killed and 50,000 who were wounded during the siege, 85% were civilians, because of killing and forced migration, by 1995 the population decreased to 334,663 - 64% of the prewar population.
The Siege of Sarajevo becomes the longest siege in the history of modern warfare, conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav Peoples Army, lasting from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996.
One month after the Bosnian Republics declaration of independence, Mladic and his generals, acting under orders from Belgrade, blockade the city of Sarajevo
Assumes the post of Chief of Staff/Deputy Commander of the Second Military District Headquarters of the JNA in Sarajevo
Mladic assumes the command of the Second Military District Headquarters of the JNA
Mladic is appointed Commander of the Main Staff of the VRS, a position he holds until December 1996
Appointed the rank of Colonel General over the approximately 80,000 troops stationed in Sarajevo
Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes (including crimes relating to the alleged sniping campaign against civilians in Sarajevo)
After the second Markale massacre, in which 37 people were killed and 90 were wounded, the international forces firmly turn against the besiegers. A cease fire is reached in October 1995, and the Dayton Agreement is reached later that year bringing peace to the country
Fighting escalates, this time with the joint Bosnian and Croatian forces on the offensive, and the Serbs slowly lost more and more ground both in Sarajevo area and elsewhere, heating, electricity, and water would eventually come back to the city.
Indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 5 counts of crimes against humanity, 3 counts of violations of the laws of war, 1 count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions & unlawful transfer of civilians.
When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets.
The President of the Bosnian Serb Republic Biljana Plavsic dismisses Mladic from his post
The ICTY Trial Chamber convicts the first commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, Stanislav Galic, of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo, including the first Markale massacre
Dragomir Milosevic, who replaced Stanislav Galic as commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, is found guilty of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo and its citizens from August 1994 to late 1995 including the 2nd Markale massacre
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