Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Bosnian genocide actually started in the 70s. It was little known because it was during the time of the cold war. The Cold War officially started in 1947, right after the end of World War 2. Nobody knew about the genos=cide because Russia had nuclear missiles in Cuba and everybody was thinking about that. As the cold war was in the middle of the 45-year war, the genocide started to fade away. There is little known about this because nobody knew it happened until after and witnesses were…

which included the Balkan region, was in rapid decline. Crisis in the Balkans started when Austro-Hungary annexed Bosnia to the empire. The Serbs were against this decision because they wanted Bosnia to become part of Greater Serbia. The reason is because Bosnia has a lot of Slavic people living there that should part of Serbia. The Austrian Annexation by taking Bosnia and Herzegovina created a crisis in the Balkans. The aftermath of this annexation lead, Gavrilo Princip, a Black Hand member, to…

the protests turned violent and could also lead to the death of many people. An example for this is the crossborder Slavs who lived in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Serbia was a nation with a rich Slavic community and wanted to absorb Bosnia-Herzegovina and turn into a single unified Slav nation. However Austria-Hungary conquered Bosnia-Herzegovina to expand their borders. In retaliation, the Black Hand (secret organization based in Serbia) ordered the execution of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and…

professional army now based on volunteers. Currently there are approximately 7,300 active troops and approximately 1,500 in reserve, reduced from 55,000 personnel during conscription. Slovenian soldiers are a part of international forces serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Chad, Lebanon. They have also served in Cyprus and the Golan Heights as a part of UNFICYP and UNDOF…

“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…

haven’t heard of the Bosnian Genocide, though. Right after Bosnia became independent, there was a war and then the genocide. Many citizens of Bosnia were killed or injured in many unique ways. This is a very negative topic to learn, but the world should be aware that this can happen anytime and anywhere. The Bosnia Genocide was a horrible mass killing. The genocide happened in South East, Europe, in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s surrounded by the countries of Croatia,…

him, and all countries were affected. World War I also changed the way countries fought in wars, making Princip’s actions more impactful than anyone in history. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Ottoman territories in the turbulent Balkan region that were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908, which angered Serbian nationalists, who believed they should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation.…

because of his actions. He held up the process of the independence of Bosnia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, causing chaos in Europe. As a result, he was shot inside of a car in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Serbian nationalist who didn’t want him to keep Bosnia a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire (Bodden16). The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was justified because his assassination gave independence…

Archduke Franz Ferdinand wanted to erect a triple monarchy with Austria, Hungary, and Serbia, giving all of them equal power. However, Serbia was not satisfied with this. Prior to this plan, Austria-Hungary annexed two of Serbia's territories, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia wanted those nations back under their territory. When Franz Ferdinand was visiting Sarajevo with his wife, a Serbian terrorist group named "Black Hand" assassinated both Ferdinand and his spouse. Ferdinand's uncle and emperor…

INTRODUCTION The Bosnia Genocide started in April of 1992. Serbians were sent out to ethnically clean the Bosnia territory by steadily removing all Bosnian, Muslims, known was Bosnia’s. the Bosnia genocide is a representation of the Holocaust and is the most well known in the 20th century. The Genocide occurred in Bosnia in Muslims between 1992 to 1995. The long standing tensions between Serbs and Muslims and political and economic chaos which followed Tito’s death and Milosevic’s subsequent…