1992 - 1993 - SARAJEVO - 1994 - 1995
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1992 - 1993 - SARAJEVO - 1994 - 1995 Survival Map |
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| On April 5, 1992 Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia - Herzegovina, was attacked. The city which lies on the valley of Miljacka river is surrounded by mountains on which there were placed 260 tanks, 120 mortars and many weapons of smaller caliber. The Yugoslav National Army aided by the local terrorists encircled the city and started to tighten the circle around over 500.000 citizens. On May 2, 1992 the city was completely blockaded. A part of the city was occupied and the part which could not be conquered was exposed to a barrage of shelling and artillery fire. Every day the city was hit by some 4.000 shels and among the targets there were hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, synagogues, maternity hospitals, libraries, museums, and the places where the citizens stood in lines for bread and water. The agressor destroyed the Post Office and the city was left without telephones, its water, gas and electricity supply was cut. The food supply was fast dissapearing. The cemeteries were expanding. On February 26, 1996 by opening the northwest passage, i.e. by liberating the Vogosca and Ilijas districts, Sarajevo was preclaimed an open city. After the Dayton Agreement and the coming of the IFOR, the aggressor started to leave the occupied teritory around the city. They plindered, burnt and destroyed everything. On March 19, 1996 the aggressor left the occupied district of the city - Grbavica - which was the last part of the city to be returned to the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina under the Dayton Agreement. 10.615 persons, out of whom 1.601 children were killed in Sarajevo. More than 50.000 persons were wounded, a great number of whom remain invalids. The siege of the city lasted from May 2, 1992 to February 26, 1996 or 1.395 days, which is the longest siege in the modern history of mankind. | |||||||||||||||
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