# Canonical recap data for Bosnian War Begins (1992)
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slug: bosnian-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1992/bosnian-war"
title: Bosnian War Begins
subtitle: The Bosnian conflict shattered post-Cold War assumptions about European stability and produced unprecedented mass atrocities in the continent.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1992-04-06
datePrecision: day
year: 1992
decade: 1990
country:
name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
slug: bosnia-herzegovina
summaryShort: The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents, the war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992 when the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was internationally recognized. It en
summaryLong: The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents, the war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992 when the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was internationally recognized. It ended on 21 November 1995 when the Dayton Accords were initialed. The main belligerents were the forces of the government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and those of the breakaway proto-states of the Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republika Srpska which were led and supplied by Croatia and Serbia, respectively.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Krupa_nakon_rata.JPG/1280px-Krupa_nakon_rata.JPG"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Bosnian War"
importance: 83
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War"
  title: Bosnian War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents
wikidataQid: Q181533
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628031347/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Bosnian War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- transformation
impactRadius: regional
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
