Osprey Elite 146 : The Yugoslav Wars (2) : Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia 1992-2001

Following the death of the Yugoslavian President Tito in 1980, the semi-autonomous republics and provinces that he had welded into a multi-cultural nation in 1945 slid gradually towards separation. For ten years following 1991, the world watched in horror as a series of bloody wars ripped a modern European state apart, and the intolerable spectacle eventually forced international intervention. Illustrated with rare photos and colour uniform plates, this second book by experts on the Balkan region offers a concise breakdown of the indigenous forces involved in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia. Text by Nigel Thomas and K Mikulan with illustrations by Darko Pavlovic.

Contents

• Historical Background
• Military and Political Situation in Bosnia 1992
• Bosnian Moslem Forces 1992
  Militias, Territorials and Police
  Formation of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Army
  Foreign Volunteers
  W. Bosnian (Bihac) Forces
• Bosnian Serb Forces
  Army and Police
  Militias
• Bosnian Croat Forces
  HVO Army
  Police
  HOS Militia
  Foreign Volunteers
• Deployment of UNPROFOR
• Course of the Bosnian Civil War 1992-95
• Deployment of IFOrR 1995
• Situation and Armed Forces since 1995