War-Torn Bosnia Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 162 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of War-Torn Bosnia.

War-Torn Bosnia Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 162 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of War-Torn Bosnia.
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Anthony Loyd

The war in Bosnia was at times fought on two fronts: With Serbia to the east and with Croatia to the west. When Bosnia's war with Serbia began in the Spring of 1992, Bosnia was in alliance with Croatia. This alliance was shortlived, however, and in the summer of that year, Croatia began to invade parts of Bosnia. In an attempt to create a Croatian state within Bosnia, the Bosnian Croat Army began to destroy Bosnian villages and murder the Muslim inhabitants, a process called ethnic cleansing. Croatia's attempts to wrest control of regions in Bosnia quickly failed, however, and in the Spring of 1994, the Croats once again formed an alliance with Bosnia.

At the height of Croatia's campaign against the Muslims in 1993, independent British journalist and photographer Anthony Loyd traveled throughout central Bosnia and witnessed the destruction of several Muslim villages. In...

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