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How did 300,000 people survive the 3 1/2 year siege of Sarajevo?
A combination of the UN, NATO, the Red Cross, Sarajevo International Airport, the Sarajevo Tunnel, smugglers, and the Bosnian Army saved Sarajevo. While the siege officially ended in Feb 1996, it was ...
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Why couldn't the UN lift the siege of Sarajevo?
When looking at why the UN does (or usually does not) do things, it's important to know two things: only resolutions by the UN Security Council are binding, and all of the permanent members have veto ...
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How did 300,000 people survive the 3 1/2 year siege of Sarajevo?
Because it was not a complete siege thanks to the Sarajevo Tunnel and Operation Irma. The first one was a tunnel that passed below the siege, and the second one was a security zone protected by the ...
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What is CINCFAIRMED?
Seemingly typical USN acronym, but the the show's writers played a little fast and loose; the correct modern acronym would be ComFAirMed which falls under CinCNavForEur (Commander in Chief US Naval ...
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Was some form of "kids" an epithet for political leaders during the Bosnian civil war?
I can answer one aspect of your question, Or did she just invent it? with a quote from the book version you linked (thank you for the archive.org link). From page 28 (all emphasis mine):
On March 4 (...
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What paramilitary group was Nikola Jorgić in?
It was simply called "Jorgina grupa" or Jorga's group in English. You can find it here, here and here
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Which leading Serbs and Croats argued against their own extremists in the wars 1992-95?
Blaž Kraljević
Only name that comes to mind is Blaž Kraljević. He was leader of Croatian Defence Forces (HOS), a paramilitary force serving under Bosnian Armed forces. He did better than arguing ...
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Inter-ethnic conflicts in Switzerland in the 16th century
I think he's off base about Switzerland, unless he is mischaracterizing the nature of the Swiss confederacy. I'm also not sure what he means about ethnic strife. He's probably talking about the Duchy ...
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Why don't/can't the different ethnolinguistic groups of people in erstwhile Yugoslavia get along with each other?
It is a complex issue, for which there is no simple answer.
Yugoslavia was once described as country with two alphabets (Latin and Cyrillic), three religions (Catholic Christianity, Orthodox ...
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