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Informationen zum Autor NIGEL THOMAS PhD is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th-century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He has written widely for Osprey with titles such as MAA 518 Polish Legions 1914-19 and Elite 227 Armies of the Baltic Independence Wars 1918-20. He was awarded a PhD for the study of the Eastern enlargement of NATO. Klappentext Following the death of the Yugoslavian President Tito in 1980, the semi-autonomous republics and provinces that he had welded into a multi-cultural nation in 1945 slid gradually towards separation. For ten years following 1991, the world watched in horror as a series of bloody wars ripped a modern European state apart, and the intolerable spectacle eventually forced international intervention. Illustrated with rare photos and colour uniform plates, this second of two volumes by experts on the Balkan region offers a concise breakdown of the indigenous forces involved in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia. Zusammenfassung Presents an explanation of the armies of the Croatian War of Independence 1991-92 and the Bosnian Civil War 1992-95. This work includes the regular and militia forces which fought in these campaigns and which ultimately resulted in the UN/NATO policing of Croatia and Bosnia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Historical background Military and political situation in Bosnia, 1992 Bosnian Moslem forces 1992 - militias, territorials and police - formation of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Army - foreign volunteers - W.Bosnian (Bihac) forces · Bosnian Serb forces - army and police - militias Bosnian Croat forces - HVO Army - police - HOS militia - foreign volunteers Deployment of UNPROFOR · Course of the Bosnian Civil War 1992-95 - deployment of IFOrR, 1995 Situation and armed forces since 1995 ...
