Thursday, September 27, 2007

1992

1992

In 1992, 70% of Bosnia was under JNA (Yugoslav People's Army), and then later VRS (Bosnian Serb Army), control. Sarajevo was under siege. The ARBiH had defended Sarajevo with light weaponry. The army was surrounded and the transfer of supplies was hard, if not impossible.

1993

1993

1993 saw no major changes in the front lines against Serbs. Instead, this year marked the start of the Bosniak-Croat war in Central Bosnia and in Herzegovina, notably the Mostar region. Pressured and contained by heavily armed Serb forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia, Croat forces - HVO (Croatian Defence Council) shifted their focus from defending their parts of Bosnia from Serbs to trying to capture remaining teritory held by Bosnian Army. It is widely believed that this was due to a agreement reached between Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman to split Bosnia between Croatia and Serbia. In order to acomplish this Croatian forces would have to defeat Bosnian Army, since the teritory that they wanted was under Bosniak govt. control. HVO with great engagement from Military of Republic of Croatia and material support from Serbs, attacked Bosnian government forces in Hercegovina and in Central Bosnia. Wastly underequipped Bosnian forces, fighting on two fronts, were able to repell Croats and gain teritory against them on every front. At this time, due to its geographic position, Bosnia was surrounded by Croat and Serb forces from all sides. There was no way to Import weapons or food. What saved Bosnia at this time was its wast Industrial complex (Steel and Heavy Industries) that was able to switch to military hardware production. After short but bloody war and once Croats realized that their partnership with Serbs will not bring them any teritorial gains they agreed to US leadership's "Washington treaty" peace agreement. From that point on, Bosnian Croat and Muslim forces continued to fight as allies against Serbs.

1994

1994

A renewed alliance between HVO and ARBiH was agreed, with the objective of forming a strong force that could fight the much stronger and equipped VRS. This was the time of frequent peace negotiations.

1996

1995

Despite the loss of several enclaves, notably Srebrenica, 1995 was marked by HVO and ARBiH offensives and later by NATO intervention. The Croatian army, with cooperation from ARBiH and HVO, launched a series of operations: Flash, Summer '95, Storm and Mistral. In conjunction, Bosnian forces launched operations Sana and Una '95. Bosnian and Croat armies were on the offensive in this phase, captured entire western Bosnia, and the Serb capital Banja Luka was seriously threatened, until peace negotiations stopped further bloodshed.

In the period of August-December 1995, Serb forces were defeated and driven out of the majority of Croatia and western Bosnia, and the ethnic Serb population fled from these parts.

Following the second Markale massacre, NATO intervention was launched, which destroyed much of the VRS infrastructure in just a few days (Operation Deliberate Force). The war ended with the signing of the Dayton Accord.
Structure of Military Forces

* 10,000 professional soldiers
* 1,000 civilian staff
* 5,000 Reserve forces
Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine (Armija RBiH ili ARBiH) je bila zvanična oružana snaga Republike Bosna i Hercegovina za vrijeme agresije na Republiku Bosnu i Hercegovinu. Armija RBiH je osnovana 15. aprila 1992. što se slavi kao Dan armije. Armija je nakon Dejtonskog sporazuma definisana kao bošnjačka komponenta Vojske Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, a nakon reforme odbrane transformisana je u Bosanske rendžere, jednu od tri pukovnije u okviru Oružanih snaga Bosne i Hercegovine.
bosnian Armja

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