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The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The full presentation is available to download here:<br>https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-War-in-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-4765794<br><br>This informative and editable presentation contains 36 slides, with maps, photos and charts, and it will be ideal resource when teaching the history of Bosnia in the 1990s and Bosnian conflict. It can be also used as additional resource in teaching Bosnian genocide as it contains main information on the events in Srebrenica in July of 1995 with very quality photos.<br><br>Iu2019ve selected high resolution photos from everyday life during Bosnian war in order to help you engage student in their analyze so they could not only learn facts but get wider picture on how war impacts on civilians and change peopleu2019s life forever.<br><br>Special focus was given to the Siege of Sarajevo, as itu2019s the longest siege in modern history, with detail overview on residentsu2019 fight for survival and their resistance.<br><br>

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The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  1. The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995)

  2. Table of Contents • The Siege of Sarajevo • Surviving in Sarajevo • Act of defiance – Famous photo of Meliha Varesanovic • Failed Peace Proposals • NATO intervention • The Fall of Srebrenica • Genocide at Srebrenica • Excavations andCommemoration • Dayton Peace Agreement • Effects of War • Introduction • The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia • The Break-up of Yugoslavia • The Rise of nationalism in Serbia • First Elections • Independence • The Beginning of the Bosnian War • Forced Displacement • Ethnic Cleansing • Civil Victims • The Role of UN and NATO

  3. Introduction The Bosnian War began in 1992 and lasted until 1995. The war led to the deaths of around 100,000 civilians and soldiers, with millions of civilians displaced. This bloody war has seen some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the second World War. Bosnian kids playing during the war

  4. Independence • On April 5, 1992, the government of Bosniadeclared its independence from Yugoslavia.  • Of the nearly two-thirds of the electorate that did cast a vote, almost all voted for independence, which Bosnian President Izetbegović officially proclaimed on March 3, 1992.

  5. The Role of UN and NATO Attempts at mediation by the European Union were unsuccessful and the United Nations (UN) refused to intervene, aside from providing limited troop convoys for humanitarian aid. Peacekeepers did not have the capabilities to truly protect the people seeking refuge there, and all except Sarajevo eventually fell under Serb control. Dutch UN peacekeepers sit on top of an armored personnel carrier while Muslim refugees from Srebrenica gather in the village of Potocari, just north of Srebrenica, on July 13, 1995.

  6. The Siege of Sarajevo

  7. As time went by supplies dwindled. There was no food, no electricity, no heat and no water. People risked their lives queuing for hours to collect water from fountains that were in full view of the snipers who preyed on desperation. Surviving in Sarajevo Long queues for food during the seige of Sarajevo Residents collecting firewood in the winter of 1992/1993.

  8. Act of defiance It was 1994, in the middle of the siege of Sarajevo. An average of 3,000 grenades fell onto the city, bringing death and destruction to every street. MelihaVaresanovic dressed up in an elegant 1960s dress, put on a pair of high heels, styled her hair to perfection, and finished off with her look with lipstick. Then she walked through Sarajevo with her head held up high, while grenades and sniper bullets showered nearly every inch of the city. Little did she know that photographerTodd Stoddard managed to snap a few photos of her walking by him without her knowledge. “I remember that was the first morning that I went outside with short hair because there was no water and shampoo, I had to cut it; but I curled my hair and it came out really nice”, Meliha said in 2014. Why, you might ask, would someone in such conditions and constant danger, even care and have the will to dress up and walk through the city like it was the most “normal” thing? A very simple reason, actually. That was just about the only thing she had left: her dignity.

  9. Failed Peace Proposals • From the summer of 1992, the military situation remained fairly static. A hastily assembled Bosnian government army, together with some better-prepared Bosnian Croat forces, held the front lines for the rest of that year. • Several peace proposals during the war failed, largely because the Bosnian Serbs - who controlled about 70 percent of the land by 1994 - refused to concede any territory. Destruction of the Old Bridge in Mostar

  10. Dayton Peace Agreement In November 1995, the United States sponsored peace talks between the Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. The Dayton Peace Agreement was signed in Dayton, Ohio. THE WAR IS FINALLY OVER! Almostsixty thousand NATO troops soon headed to Bosnia to keep a then-fragile peace. The leaders of Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia sign the Dayton peace agreement in 1995 whilst world leaders look on.

  11. Casualties

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