Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine
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| Commander in Chief : | President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, most recently Alija Izetbegović | ||
| Defense Minister: | Munib Bisic | ||
| Military Commander: | most recently Sefer Halilović | ||
| Headquarters: | Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
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| Active soldiers: | Last 120,000 ~ 200,000 (1995) | ||
| Conscription: | Yes | ||
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| Founding: | April 15, 1992 | ||
| Replacement: | December 14, 1995 | ||
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The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina), short ARBiH was in the Bosnian war from 1992 to 1995, the government army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It was the largest armed force dominated by Bosniaks during the Bosnian War.
During the war years, the ARBiH fought primarily against the armed forces of the Bosnian Serbs ( Vojska Republike Srpske ), at times with and at times against the armed forces of the Bosnian Croats ( Hrvatsko vijeće obrane ) and against the Narodna odbrana Zapadne Bosne of the autonomous province of Western Bosnia under Fikret Abdić .
history
The army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina initially emerged from vigilante groups , police reservists and the former Bosnian territorial defense . These units were combined to form the Bosnian government army in the summer of 1992. It was financially and militarily supported primarily by Islamic states and partly by the USA in the form of arms deliveries and training for soldiers.
From mid-1992 onwards, foreign soldiers (500 to 1,000 in total) who described themselves as mujahideen and who were ready to conduct a jihad entered Bosnia. They came mainly from Islamic countries and some fought under the command of the ARBiH.
After the Dayton Treaty , which marked the end of the war, many of the mujahideen stayed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Some occupied houses by displaced Serbs and settled there. Zlatko Lagumdžija , the former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said in an interview that he knew from intelligence reports that supporters of Osama bin Laden and members of the international terror network were hiding in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In addition to Bosniaks, Bosnian Croats and Serbs fought in the ARBiH. Jovan Divjak , a Bosnian Serb, and Stjepan Šiber , a Bosnian Croat, were generals in the army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Croatian member of the State Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željko Komšić , served in the army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and received the highest medal, Zlatni ljiljan ( Golden Lily ).
War crimes
Members of the Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine were also charged with war crimes and atrocities. In 2008, ex-commander-in-chief Rasim Delić was sentenced to three years in prison by the UN tribunal for violating martial law. Delić, according to the court, was responsible for crimes committed by the military unit "El Mujahidd", which mistreated prisoners in Central Bosnia.
organization
- 1st Army Corps (Sarajevo)
- Supreme Commander: Mustafa Hajrulahović, Vahid Karavelić, Nedžad Ajnadžić.
- 2nd Army Corps (Tuzla)
- Commander-in-Chief: Željko Knez, Hazim Šadić, Sead Delić.
- Was for the area of today's canton Tuzla , Posavina and the Podrinje region .
- 3rd Army Corps (Zenica)
- Commander in Chief: Enver Hadžihasanović, Mehmed Alagić, Sakib Mahmuljin, Kadir Jusić
- Operational group (OG) Bosanska Krajina , based in Travnik .
- OG Lašva , based in Kakanj .
- OG Bosna , based in Zavidovići and Žepče .
- OG Zapad , based in Bugojno .
- 4th Army Corps (Mostar)
- Commander in Chief: Arif Pašalić, Sulejman Budaković, Ramiz Dreković, Mustafa Polutak
- The main area of operation was Herzegovina .
- 5th Army Corps (Bihać)
- Commander in Chief: Ramiz Dreković, Atif Dudaković
- The area of application was the Bosanska krajina .
- 6th Army Corps (Konjic)
- Supreme Commander: Salko Gušić, Galib Hodžić
- Based in Konjic , the operational area also included communities that were actually controlled by the 1st and 4th Army Corps. The mountains Bjelašnica , Igman and Treskavica were in the operational area of the 6th Corps.
- 7th Army Corps (Travnik)
- Commander in Chief: Mehmed Alagić
Generals
- Sefer Halilović (1st Commander)
- Jovan Divjak (2nd Commander)
- Stjepan Šiber (3rd Commander)
- Rasim Delić (Commander)
- Mustafa Hajrulahović (1st Commander, 1st Corps)
- Atif Dudaković (2nd Commander, 5th Corps)
- Ramiz Dreković (1st Commander, 4th Corps)
- Mustafa Polutak (4th Commander, 4th Corps)
- Mehmed Alagić (1st Commander, 7th Corps)
- Željko Knez (1st Commander, 2nd Corps)
- Izet Nanić (1st Commander, 505th Bužimska Brigada )
See also
- Vojska Republike Srpske
- Hrvatsko vijeće obrane
- Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Armed Forces
Individual evidence
- ^ Pål Kolstø: National symbols in new states . In: Eastern Europe . No. 7 , July 2003, ISSN 0030-6428 , Bosnia-Hercegovina: An artificial flag for an artificial state ?, p. 1002 (Fig. 41) .
- ↑ University of Hamburg - Social Sciences - War Archive> Europe> 211 Bosnia-Herzegovina ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report of the Republican Policy Committee on Iranian arms deliveries and radical Islamic influences in Bosnia and Herzegovina (English)
- ^ Source: Item 12 of the indictment against Rasim Delić
- ↑ BBC News report on remaining mujahedeen occupying apartments and houses of Serbs.
- ↑ Zeit article on al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ↑ A Message of Peace from Sarajevo - Scientific Lectures ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 109 kB)
- ^ Report by Deutsche Welle
