Wars, politics & history

Croat–Bosniak War

from 19 June 1992 to 23 February 1994

The Croat-Bosniak War was a conflict within the Bosnian War between the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, mainly Bosniak, and the Croat Defence Council, the army of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, which was backed by Croatia. The two sides had been allied against Bosnian Serb forces, but tensions over territory and political control turned into open fighting in central Bosnia and around Mostar. Atrocities were committed on both sides, including the massacre at Ahmici, and the Old Bridge of Mostar was destroyed in 1993. Under American pressure, the Washington Agreement of 1994 ended the war and created the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Several Croat leaders were later convicted by the international tribunal in The Hague.

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