“Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act.”(BrainyQuote.com , Allyson Schwartz, (n.d.), #1) The Bosnian Genocide had many causes that led up to it starting in 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia. The Bosnian Genocide occurred because of Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic, the province of Serbia did not want the nation of Yugoslavia to break apart, and there were also religious tensions between the nations.
Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic was a long time Communist and believed in radical Serbian nationalism, or the belief of that race being superior over the others. Before Milosevic …show more content…
Shortly after, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina broke apart, and last, Montenegro and Serbia broke off of Yugoslavia and became their own independent nations.(“The breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990-1992” Serbian people did not want Yugoslavia to break apart because most of them were Nationalist, which means they strongly preferred to stay as one great big nation rather than several fractures of one. This led to the Bosnian Genocide because Milosevic was angered by the nations trying to break away and he wanted revenge, so he decided to slaughter the people in Bosnia. On the other hand, the rest of the nations that broke apart from Yugoslavia felt that if they were independent, then it would be better because of all of the tension already in the nation. Once the nation finally did break apart, Serbian people were enraged and sought out to put the country back together. There were numerous more causes for the Serbian hatred of the Bosnians, one of the bigger ones being the religious tensions.
Religious tensions were also another major factor of the war and genocide. The Serbian people were mostly populated by Orthodox Christians while the Bosnian country was mostly part of the Islamic religion. Milosevic strongly disliked the Bosnian Muslim population and supported Bosnian-Serbs who attacked the Muslim dominated cities. Milosevic wanted to force the Bosnian Muslims to either become a part of Serbia, move into a small portion of Bosnia which would have been named Fildzan, or to be exterminated. (N. Halilovic, personal communication, May 01,
Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic was a long time Communist and believed in radical Serbian nationalism, or the belief of that race being superior over the others. Before Milosevic …show more content…
Shortly after, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina broke apart, and last, Montenegro and Serbia broke off of Yugoslavia and became their own independent nations.(“The breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990-1992” Serbian people did not want Yugoslavia to break apart because most of them were Nationalist, which means they strongly preferred to stay as one great big nation rather than several fractures of one. This led to the Bosnian Genocide because Milosevic was angered by the nations trying to break away and he wanted revenge, so he decided to slaughter the people in Bosnia. On the other hand, the rest of the nations that broke apart from Yugoslavia felt that if they were independent, then it would be better because of all of the tension already in the nation. Once the nation finally did break apart, Serbian people were enraged and sought out to put the country back together. There were numerous more causes for the Serbian hatred of the Bosnians, one of the bigger ones being the religious tensions.
Religious tensions were also another major factor of the war and genocide. The Serbian people were mostly populated by Orthodox Christians while the Bosnian country was mostly part of the Islamic religion. Milosevic strongly disliked the Bosnian Muslim population and supported Bosnian-Serbs who attacked the Muslim dominated cities. Milosevic wanted to force the Bosnian Muslims to either become a part of Serbia, move into a small portion of Bosnia which would have been named Fildzan, or to be exterminated. (N. Halilovic, personal communication, May 01,