Bosnian War Human Warfare has become a very significant part of the history of mankind.

Napoleon Hill, a famous American writer, once said that War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. As long as there was a group of people whose ideals oppose another groups, then a war is inevitable. These wars can greatly affect the world, it can even change the course of history. At the day that I was born, the world was in turmoil because there was a war happening in Bosnia, the United States, along with the U.N. was trying to end this war, and some people were disagreeing about what was being done about it. The Bosnian War was an armed conflict that happened in the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The factions involved in this war which were: Serbia, Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serbs), Herzeg-Bosnia (Bosnian Croats), the remnants of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosniaks), and the lesser faction in Western Bosnia (Muslims by nationality). To put it simply, the Bosnian War was fought because Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats wanted to divide the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina separately. In addition to this, the Nationalist leader of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic was pushing for what he called Greater Serbia. The Greater Serbia was an ideology which has an objective to unite all the Serbs. This means that they needed to create of a Serbian land which would incorporate all areas in Bosnia where Serbs have more influence. Because of this, the Bosnian Croats and the Bosniaks called for Bosnian independence, believing that if they did no action, their land will eventually be taken from them by Milosevic. During this war, countless of innocent people were killed, tortured, and even raped. Radovan Karadzic, the president of the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serbs), created an army with the support of Milosevic before the war. In 1992, under Karadzic's leadership, Bosnian Serbs began a policy of "cleansing" large areas of Bosnia of non-Serbs. This cleansing means that they would kill the people in

Bosnia who are not Serbs, which includes Bosnian Serbs and Muslim. On April 6, 1992, the Bosnian Serbs began their Siege of Sarajevo. Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was put under siege by the forces of Bosnian Serbs. The residents who opposed to a Greater Serbia were cut off from food, utilities, and communication. The city was surrounded by forces of Serbs who prevents anyone from escaping. This siege lasted for a little less than four years (from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996) and more than 10,000 people died. Aside from that, many villages were destroyed and thousand Bosnians Croats and Muslims were killed because of the cleansing throughout Bosnia. People were driven out of their homes, sent into detention camps, deported and killed. The soldiers also raped the women, believing that it is an effective military tactics that destroyed the bond of families and communities. Countless lives were lost and the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina was in chaos. Because there was too much innocent people are being killed, the United Nations decided to intervene.