The Yugoslav Wars were a series of connected conflicts that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia. They began in 1991 with a brief fight in Slovenia and the war in Croatia, and spread to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the fighting from 1992 to 1995 was the worst and included the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica genocide. Later came the conflict in Kosovo, ended by a NATO air campaign in 1999, and a smaller insurgency in North Macedonia in 2001. The wars were marked by ethnic cleansing, mass killings and the displacement of millions of people. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was set up to try those responsible.
Before and after
- from 26 February 1991 to 27 February 1991Battle of 73 Easting
- 27 February 1991Battle of Medina Ridge
- 21 March 1991Birth of Antoine Griezmann
- from 23 March 1991 to 18 January 2002Sierra Leone Civil War
- from 31 March 1991 to 13 August 2001Yugoslav Wars
- from 31 March 1991 to 7 August 1995Croatian War of Independence
- 5 April 1991Launch of Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- from 30 April 1991 to 15 May 1991Operation Ring
- from 27 June 1991 to 7 July 1991Ten-Day War
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The era
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