NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Part of the Bosnian War
A Grumman EA-6B Prowler aircraft flying an I-FOR mission
Date 16 July 1992 – 2 December 2004 Location Bosnia and Herzegovina Result End of the Bosnian War and siege of Sarajevo
Belligerents
NATO  Netherlands  Norway  Denmark  Germany  Luxembourg  United States  Belgium  Spain  United Kingdom  Italy  Canada  Turkey  Portugal  France UNPROFOR  France  United Kingdom  India  Sweden  Canada  Belgium Western European Union (1993–1996) Supported Countries:  Croatia  Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	Republika Srpska  Republic of Serbian Krajina Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Supporting Countries:  FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
/ Willy Claes / Manfred Wörner / Wesley Clark / Leighton Smith / Jeremy Boorda / Stuart Peach / Michael E. Ryan / Rupert Smith / Satish Nambiar / Lars-Eric Wahlgren / Bernard Janvier / Dick Applegate Franjo Tuđman Gojko Šušak Janko Bobetko Alija Izetbegović Haris Silajdžić Sefer Halilović Rasim Delić Mate Boban Milivoj Petković Slobodan Praljak	Radovan Karadžić Biljana Plavšić Ratko Mladić Dragomir Milošević Milan Martić Milan Babić Goran Hadžić Slobodan Milošević Vojislav Koštunica Zoran Đinđić
Strength
60,000 soldiers	50,000–100,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
NATO 1 Aeritalia G.222 shot down, 8 killed[1][2] 1 French Mirage 2000 crashed in the Adriatic sea, pilot rescued[3] 1 BAE Sea Harrier shot down[4] 1 BAE Sea Harrier crashed in the Adriatic Sea[5] 1 Spanish C-212 damaged near Slunj[6] 1 F-16C shot down[7] 2 Dassault Étendard IV damaged[8][9] 1 F/A-18C Hornet crashed in the Adriatic sea, killing pilot[10][11] 2 MQ-1 Predators shot down[12] 1 Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion damaged[13] 1 Mirage 2000N shot down 2 pilots POW 1 MQ-1 Predator shot down.[14]  United Nations 167 killed[15][16] over 1,000 POWs 2 Leopard tanks damaged[17] 1 AMX-10 RC damaged 25 wounded [a] 1 police officer wounded 4 wounded [b] 2 wounded[c]	Republika Srpska 100 soldiers killed by NATO 200 soldiers killed by UN 5 J-21 Jastreb shot down[18] 1 ammunition depot destroyed[19] 2 command posts destroyed[19][20] 1 airstrip damaged[19] 4 SA-6 missile sites destroyed[20][21] Several armored vehicles destroyed 3 Pilots killed 4 T-55 tank disabled 1 recoilless gun destroyed 2 anti-aircraft batteries 1 SA-6 missile site 338 different targets hit, most of them destroyed (Operation Deliberate Force)
152 Serb civilians killed[22]

The NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a series of actions undertaken by NATO whose stated aim was to establish long-term peace during and after the Bosnian War.^[23] NATO's intervention began as largely political and symbolic, but gradually expanded to include large-scale air operations and the deployment of approximately 60,000 soldiers of the Implementation Force. At the same time, a large UN peacekeeping force, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), made mostly of NATO countries troops, was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995. A Rapid Reaction Force (RRF), also under UN mandate, was established around Sarajevo during the later stages of the conflict.

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