CHRONOLOGY

The Chronology presents an overview of events and processes in the second half of the 20th century and during the Defensive-Patriotic Wars, based on chronological and thematic principles.

Compiled by MSc Predrag Lozo and MSc Marko Janković.
The overview is continuously updated.

1941-1945.

Genocide against Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia

The genocide against Serbs within the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) constituted an attempt by the regime to achieve the total destruction of Serbs on its..

Улазак њемачке војске у Загреб
1990.

Multi-party elections in Croatia, political crisis and organizing of the Serbian people

The breakdown of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the emergence of new political parties and movements, and the shift in the overall climate of a society that was in..

1991.

Creation of the Republic of Serbian Krajina

The year 1991 saw a continuation of turbulent political developments within SR Croatia. Cognizant of the intentions of a Croatian leadership that was hurtling towards..

October 24, 1991.

Establishment of the Assembly of the Serbian People in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The initial multi-party elections in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place on November 18, 1990. Electors voted for members of the Republic's Presidency,...

January 9, 1992.

Proclamation of the Republic of Srpska

На основу одлуке Скупштине српског народа БиХ, Плебисцит о остајању српског народа Босне и Херцеговине у заједничкој држави Југославији одржан...

March 1, 1992

First civilian and military casualties

The initial atrocities against the Serbian population within the territory of the former Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina were documented in the summer of...

March 26, 1992

The Sijekovac Massacre

The secessionist war was systematically expanded from the former Socialist Republic of Croatia into the territory of BiH. In this manner, the initial mass atrocities...

April 1992

The Suffering of Serbs in Kupres Municipality

At the beginning of April, in the municipality of Kupres in southwestern BiH, an offensive was launched by Croatian armed formations, mainly directed at settlements where...

April–May 1992

Massacres of JNA columns during withdrawal

Between the beginning of March and the middle of April 1992, across the territory of the former Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, multiple...

May 5 – September 21, 1992.

Dretelj Camp

Dretelj is a place north of the urban area of Čapljina, upstream on the right bank of the Neretva River. At the entrance to the settlement there was a complex...

May 12 1992 - January 27 1996.

Silos Camp in Tarčin

The "Silos" camp was located in the local community of Tarčin, in the Hadžići municipality, about 25 kilometers south of Sarajevo. At the beginning of the war conflicts...

May 12, 1992.

Establishment of the Army of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (VRS)

The historical context of the genocide endured by the Serbian people between 1941 and 1945, the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the forced secession of Slovenia and Croatia, coupled with an attempt to outvote...

Борци 1. новиградске пјешадијске бригаде ВРС у наставном центру. Фото Слободан Личина. Извор фотографије Општинска борачка организација Нови Град.
Предаја рапорта команданту на командном мјесту 8. херцеговачке моторизоване бригаде ВРС, Пријека Грма. Извор фотографије Општинска борачка организација Невесиње.
May 25, 1992

Crimes against Serbs in Bradina and other places in Konjic Municipality

Konjic is a strategically very important place at the crossroads between Herzegovina and Bosnia, on the vital communication line between Sarajevo and Mostar. During the Second World War, in the period of the Genocide against Serbs in the NDH, the Serbian population of Konjic suffered significant losses.

June 1992.

Operation Corridor 92

With the onset of military operations in 1992, the Muslim-Croat coalition maintained a blockade of the corridors through Posavina, separating the northwestern part of the Serb Republic of BiH from...

. Борци 16. крајишке у акцији негдје на „коридору“. Извор фотографије Бранко Пралица.
Борци непосредно пред полазак у Посавину и учешће у операцији „Коридор – 92“, јуни 1992. године. Извор фотографије Борачка организација града Приједор
Тенкисти у околини Дервенте, мај, 1992. године. Фото Радивоје Павичић. Извор фотографије Бранко Пралица.
November 8, 1992.

First Mitrovdan Offensive

The First Mitrovdan Offensive represents a major offensive operation by Croat-Muslim forces against the positions of the Army of the Republic of Srpska on the Mostar–Nevesinje axis in November 1992....

Невесиље, транспорт рањеника. Извор: Предраг Лозо, Одсудна одбрана: митровданске офанзиве на источну Херцеговину 1992. и 1994. године, РЦИРЗ, Бања Лука 2021.
Тенковска посада на Равницама. Извор: Предраг Лозо, Одсудна одбрана: митровданске офанзиве на источну Херцеговину 1992. и 1994. године, РЦИРЗ, Бања Лука 2021.
January 9, 1993.

Attack on Kravica and surrounding settlements

During the second half of 1992, within the Central Podrinje region, Muslim armed units from Srebrenica launched extensive and intense offensive...

Територија коју је обухватала муслиманска енклава Сребреница у јануару 1993. године.
July 1993.

Operation "Lukavac 93"

In early July 1993, the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska launched a new operation, Lukavac 93, aimed at the liberation of Trnovo. On this...

November 9-11, 1994.

Second Mitrovdan Offensive in Herzegovina

The Second Mitrovdan Offensive represents a major offensive operation by the so-called Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Army of RBiH) against the positions of the Army of the Republic of Srpska...

Борика Митрић са ратним командантима
Мајор Пурковић са саборцима.
Драгомир Бокач са саборцима на бункеру број 8
May 1995

War crimes against Serbs in Western Slavonia

The large-scale Croatian offensive against Western Slavonia, then within the territory of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, was launched at the beginning of May 1995...

August 1995.

War Crimes against Serbs during the Croatian Operation "Storm"

The character of the Croatian leadership's endeavors and its secessionist actions during the nineties, aimed at establishing an ethnically homogeneous Croatian state, devoid of rights and...

August–September 1995

NATO Bombing of Republika Srpska

The NATO bombing of Republika Srpska, Operation 'Deliberate Force,' represented the largest military intervention by this alliance since the Second...

Касарна у Хан Пијеску 05.09.1995. године. Аутор: Горан Маунага. Извор:
September 1995

The Fall of Vozuća

In the course of September 1995, when NATO air attacks on Republika Srpska entered an expanded stage, the Ozren-Vozuća front...

18–20 September 1995

Defense of the Western Krajina Municipalities in 1995

Following the successful completion of Operation 'Maestral,' the Croatian military and political leadership, with the open support of the American administration, made the decision to continue...

September 1995

The Fall of the Western Krajina Municipalities

Following 'Operation Storm' and the expulsion of the Serbian population from the RSK in August 1995, and during the NATO bombing of Republika Srpska, in..

October 1995.

Sufferings of Serbs in Mrkonjić Grad and Sanski Most

In September 1995, the Serbian people in the west of the Republic of Srpska experienced great suffering. The loss of the western Krajina municipalities brought new crimes,...

November 21, 1995.

The Dayton Peace Agreement

Peace negotiations to end the war on the territory of the former BiH were held at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near the town of Dayton in...

1998.

Terrorist Attacks and Kidnappings in Kosovo and Metohija

Following the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, under the direct influence of the West, a crisis situation was activated in Serbia in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo...

1999.

NATO Aggression against the FR Yugoslavia

Following a large number of attacks and casualties during 1998, terrorist attacks in Kosovo and Metohija continued at the beginning of..

March 2004

The March Pogrom of the Serbian Population in Kosovo and Metohija

The March 2004 pogrom of the Serbian population in Kosovo and Metohija represented a second large-scale wave of atrocities, or rather the culmination of crimes which...