The Bosnian Genocide

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Introduction & Thesis - Bosnia and Herzegovina facts
One of the numerous results of the fall of communism in Europe, the Bosnian Genocide is considered to be the largest massacre in Europe since WWII(hnhh.org**). Lasting for about 3 years, the Bosnian Genocide wiped out millions of citizens, in specific, muslim Bosnians, known as Bosniaks. The country Bosnia and Herzegovina went through cultural desegregation as well as religious tensions that rose as time went on.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, located just west of Serbia is a European country with a population of about 3,834,000(2012 estimate google) people. However the population estimate in the year of 1992 was 4,113,000 and by the end of the genocide in 1995, the population dropped to 3,521,000 million(same google) and has since then gone up slightly and remained consistent. The main languages are Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. Bosnia’s main religions that make up the country are Islam, with the largest percentile of the population at 40%, which before the genocide was actually an estimated 44%(**figure out which link that was), followed by Christian Orthodox, 31%, then Roman Catholics at 15% of the population, followed by other religions that make up a total another 14%. The capital is Sarajevo, which was also meant to be a safe haven for Muslims in fear during the genocide and war, along with fellow cities Gordaze, Srebrenica. However, these cities were not only seized, but the markings for massacres and bloodshed within a nation.
In 1995, the city of Srebrenica became one of the largest targets in the eyes of the Army of Republika Srpska. Srebrenica was considered extremely ethnically diverse, and the ones in favor of creating the new Republika Srpska despised this. So in ...

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***Milośević was one of the main leaders behind the idea of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milośević planned to expand Serbia’s borders through violence and corrupted power. In the eyes of Milośević, “the powerful dictated the borders, never the weak,” and in order to get the territorial expansion he desired, Serbia must be the aggressor.(590//Blood&Soil).

rape in war
***It was estimated that within the Bosnian War and Genocide, approximately 50,000 women were raped, along with kidnappings, beating, torture, and even murder in some cases(cite//genocide-book). Death and Statistics from genocide U.N. Impact Life after genocide Conclusion

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