NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Part of the Bosnian War
	; A Grumman EA-6B Prowler aircraft flying an I-FOR mission
Date	16 July 1992 – 2 December 2004
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result	End of the Bosnian War and siege of Sarajevo
Belligerents
NATO Netherlands ; Norway ; Denmark ; Germany ; Luxembourg ; United States ; Belgium ; Spain ; United Kingdom ; Italy ; Canada ; Turkey ; Portugal ; France ; UNPROFOR France ; United Kingdom ; India ; Sweden ; Canada ; Belgium ; Western European Union (1993–1996) ; Supported Countries:; Croatia; Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	Republika Srpska; Republic of Serbian Krajina; Autonomous Province of Western BosniaSupporting Countries:; FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
/ Willy Claes ; / Manfred Wörner #; / Wesley Clark ; / Leighton Smith; / Jeremy Boorda #; / Stuart Peach ; / Michael E. Ryan ; / Rupert Smith ; / Satish Nambiar ; / Lars-Eric Wahlgren #; / Bernard Janvier; / Dick Applegate Franjo Tuđman ; Gojko Šušak; Janko Bobetko ; Alija Izetbegović; Haris Silajdžić ; Sefer Halilović; Rasim Delić; Mate Boban; Milivoj Petković; Slobodan Praljak	Radovan Karadžić; Biljana Plavšić; Ratko Mladić; Dragomir Milošević; Milan Martić; Milan Babić; Goran Hadžić; Slobodan Milošević; Vojislav Koštunica; Zoran Đinđić
Strength
60,000 soldiers	50,000–100,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
NATO 1 Aeritalia G.222 shot down, 8 killed ; 1 French Mirage 2000 crashed in the Adriatic sea, pilot rescued ; 1 BAE Sea Harrier shot down ; 1 BAE Sea Harrier crashed in the Adriatic Sea ; 1 Spanish C-212 damaged near Slunj ; 1 F-16C shot down ; 2 Dassault Étendard IV damaged ; 1 F/A-18C Hornet crashed in the Adriatic sea, killing pilot ; 2 MQ-1 Predators shot down ; 1 Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion damaged ; 1 Mirage 2000N shot down ; 2 pilots POW ; 1 MQ-1 Predator shot down. ; United Nations 167 killed ; over 1,000 POWs ; 2 Leopard tanks damaged ; 1 AMX-10 RC damaged ; 25 wounded ; 1 police officer wounded ; 4 wounded ; 2 wounded ;	Republika Srpska 100 soldiers killed by NATO ; 200 soldiers killed by UN ; 5 J-21 Jastreb shot down ; 1 ammunition depot destroyed ; 2 command posts destroyed ; 1 airstrip damaged ; 4 SA-6 missile sites destroyed ; Several armored vehicles destroyed; 3 Pilots killed ; 4 T-55 tank disabled ; 1 recoilless gun destroyed ; 2 anti-aircraft batteries ; 1 SA-6 missile site ; 338 different targets hit, most of them destroyed (Operation Deliberate Force) ;
	152 Serb civilians killed

The NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a series of actions undertaken by NATO whose stated aim was to establish long-term peace during and after the Bosnian War. NATO's intervention began as largely political and symbolic, but gradually expanded to include large-scale air operations and the deployment of approximately 60,000 soldiers of the Implementation Force. At the same time, a large UN peacekeeping force, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), made mostly of NATO countries troops, was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995. A Rapid Reaction Force (RRF), also under UN mandate, was established around Sarajevo during the later stages of the conflict.