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Nazi ocupation of Yugoslavia
During Nazi occupation, the Nazi’s Croatian ‘puppets’ killed 65,000 of the 75,000 Jews in Yugoslavia along with half a million Serbians. 250,000 were forced out of the country, and 200,000 were focred to convert to Catholocism.
About 1 million people killes
Durring the first invasion, 300,000 militants, officers, and leaders were arrested. -
Birth of Slobodan Milosevic
Future leader of Yugoslavia and orchastrtor of the Bosnian Genocide is born. Both parents and an uncle kill themselvs in his youth. -
Ratko Mladic is born
Ratko Mladic is born, he is the former Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army), he is also largely responsibe for for the 1992–1995 Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre. -
Radovan Karadzic is born
Radovan Karadzic is born. He co-founded the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia and Herzegovina and was the first President of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. -
Radovan Karadzic moves to Sarajevo and studies at University of Sarajevo
In 1960 Karadzic moves to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, where he studies medicine at the University of Sarajevo, graduating as a physician and psychiatrist -
Constitutional changes in Yugoslavian
Changes to the Yugoslavian constitution loosen the grip of the federal government (Constitution of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) -
Radovan Karadzic is arrested and tryed
Radovan Karadzic is tryed for three years imprisonment for embezzlement of public property and fraud but never serves his time -
Slobodan Milosevic is elected
Slobodan Milosevic is elected leader of the League of Communists of Serbia (LCS) -
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Political rule of Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic is elected for the first time on May 8th, 1987 and continuosly elected untill his death in 2006 -
Croatian War of Independance
The Croatian War of Independance starts when Croatia declairs independance from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army. -
"Pakrac massacre" case
Reports of a massacre in Pakrac surface. Reports say that 40 Serbian civilians were killed by Croatian forces. This was to be used as propoganda. 7 atemps tryed confirm the massacre, however no evidence surfaced.
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A referendum is heald about Bosnia-Herzegovina
A referendum on whether Bosnia-Herzegovina should secede from Yugoslavia, the desicion is yes. -
Bosnia and Herzegovina gain idependance
On March 1st, 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina gain independance from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. -
Bratunac Massacre
Around 350 Bosnian men and boys are tortured then killed in Bratunac, a town just outside of Srebrenica. -
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Siege of Sarajevo
Serb forces of the Republika Srpska and the Yugoslav People's Army take Sarajevo. 10,000 people are killed, 1,500 of them children, and an aditional 56,000 people are injured, 15,000 of them are children. The number of people who fled the city vary widley.
The generals responsible were sentenced to 29 years in prison for crimes against humanity. -
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Karaman's houe is active
The women's rape and torture camp known as Karaman's house is active. Around 20,000 women are raped and tortured durring the genocide. Many are killed or die from resulting injuries. -
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The genocide begins
Muslims and Croats are heald for ranson, deported, and thrown into concntration camps. Many are executed imediately. Around 20,000 women and girls are put in rape camps. Bosnian-Muslim and Bosnian-Croat political leaders are arrested, imprisoned and often executed. Around 100,000 people are killed in the first few months. -
UN designated 'safe zones'
The United Nations Security Council creates six "safe areas" for Bosnian-Muslims :
Bihac
Tuzla
Srebrenica
Zepa
Gorazde
Sarajevo
UN peacekeeping soldiers are deployed to defend the areas. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces a cease-fire
In December, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces cease-fire in Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompting the withdrawal of Serbian ordinance. -
Ana Mladic is found dead
Ratko Mladic's daughter Ana is found dead. It is suspected that she commit suicide after reading that her father was a killer. -
NATO launches air strikes
NATO launches air stikes against Serbian forces aftert they refuse to comply with a UN ultimatum to remove all heavy weapons from a 12-mile exclusion zone around Sarajevo. Around 10,000 people die -
Srebrenica Massacre
Durring July of 1995, around 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were murdered in a UN 'safe zone' while the UN and the world looked on. It has been said that the UN was close enough to watch the Serbs separate people from their families. The UN took the women and children to saftey in Tulza, then the men were taken to their death. Srebrenica is the worst mass murder in Europe in 50 years. -
Karadzic and Mladic are officaly wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal
Karadzic and Mladic are officaly wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague on 16 crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes against civilians and places of worship, the siege of Sarajevo, and the taking of UN peacekeepers as hostages and human shields. They are acused of being "criminally responsible for the unlawful confinement, murder, rape, sexual assault, torture, beating, robbery and inhumane treatment of civilians." -
Karadzic and Mladic are charged for Srebrenica
Karadzic and Mladic are separately charged for the crimes commited at Srebrenica. A 5 million dollar reward is offered by the US for anyone who can offer information leading to their arrest. -
Warrants for the arrest of Karadzic and Mladic are issued
International arrest warrants for Karadzic and Mladic are issued. Mladic is dismissed as commander of the Bosnian-Serb Army. Karadzic steps down as president of the Republika Srpska and as head of the Serbian Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina on 19 July. He also makes his last public aperence. -
Karadzic goes into hidding
Karadzic goes into hidding, it is estimated that it costs him around $200,000 USD a month to stay in hiding. Most of the money is thought to be comming from criminal activities of his supporters, including extortion, embezzlement and other business fraud. -
Mladic goes into hidding
Mladic goes into hidding in 2002 when the Serbian Government agrees to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal. The United States offers 5 Million US for any information leading to the arrest of Mladic or Karadzic. -
The hunt for Karadzic begins
The national police raid the house of an Orthodox Bishop who had been rumored to have been hiding Karadzic -
Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro move tward reconciliation
Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro presidents get together and have a reconciliation to get past the war. The president of Serbia-Montenegro was quoted as saying -
"I want to use this opportunity to apologise for any evil or disaster that anyone from Serbia and Montenegro caused to anyone in Bosnia-Herzegovina," Marovic says. "There were injustices, evil and killings, but we both need to be brave to say that we are ready to forgive and to go forward." -
The hunt for Ravadon Karadzic resumes
The hunt for Ravadon Karadzic resumes on January 11th when the team in charge of finding him is given a tip that he is badly injured and seeking medical help. They launch a four day search, but it fails. It has been said that the team was within 2 hours of catching him. -
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Searched for Karadzic continue
3 more atempts at finding Karadzic are staged in Belgrade. The teams find no trace of the fugitive. -
The Huage identifies Srebrenica an act of genocide
"The appeals chamber calls the massacre at Srebrenica by its proper name: genocide," says the tribunal's president, Theodor Meron, "By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide. They targeted for extinction the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica ... They stripped all the male Muslim prisoners, military and civilian, elderly and young, of their personal belongings and identification, and deliberately and methodically killed them..." -
59 Serbians are fired from their positions in the government
59 Serbs from government positions in the Republika Srpska for failure to arrest Karadzic. -
Republika Srpska issues an apology
Republika Srpska issues an apology for Srebrenica -
The Srebrenica work-force is exposed
It is confirmed that a 17,000 person 'work force' of Bosnian-Serb soldiers, police and civilians helped with directly or assisting planning, transport and communications at Srebrenica. -
Yugoslavia is officialy split
Yugoslavia is officialy split into all the countries that it is today -
Serbia's Supreme Defence Council admits that the Serbian military sheltered Mladic
Serbia's Supreme Defence Council admits that the Serbian military helped to hide Mladic in military compounds and civillian homes. -
Slobodan Milosevic
He is found dead in his cell on March 11th. It is ruled as suicide under very suspicious circumstances -
Serbia is rejected from the EU
After Mladic fails to surrender to The Hague Tribunal, the EU stops comunications on membership with Serbia. -
The UN drops it's requiremnt for Mladic's surrender
The UN drops it's requiremnt for Mladic's surrender and begins to talk to Serbia about membership -
Karadzic is arrested in Belgrade
Karadzic's flee from the Huage ends when he is arrested in Belgrade during a sweep by the Serbian security services. He is found using the name Dragan David Dabic with a long white beard and hair, glasses, and top-knot. -
Karadzic is tryed
Karadzic represents himself in his trials (thouch in reality he has 4 lawyers and an ivestigators apointed by the tribunal. He plees not guilty to all charges. Quote from 2010-
"The Serbs were claiming their own territories, and that is not a crime. ... It was never an intention, never any idea let alone a plan, to expel Muslims and Croats." -
The reward for Mladic is increased
The reward for Mladic is increased from 1,000,000 euros to 10,000,000 euros (14,000,000 USD)
