Siege of Goražde
| Siege of Goražde | |||||||||
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| Part of the Bosnian War | |||||||||
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the siege in Goražde | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Republika Srpska Support by: Yugoslavia (1992) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ratko Mladić Radislav Krstić Zdravko Tolimir Milorad Pelemiš Željko Ražnatović |
Zaim Imamović Sifet Krekić | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
Scorpions (1995) |
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Strength | |||||||||
| ~2,000 soldiers | ~6,000 soldiers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 511 civilians | |||||||||
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The siege of Goražde (Bosnian: Opsada Goražda; Serbian Cyrillic: Опсада Горажда) refers to engagements during the Bosnian War (1992–95) in and around the town of Goražde in eastern Bosnia.
On 4 May 1992, Goražde was besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS). It was attacked from three sides - from the north, the south and the east. The Muslim majority towns in close proximity to Goražde, such as Foča, Rogatica and Višegrad had already been taken by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in the earlier months of 1992, leaving only the Muslim stronghold of Goražde in the southern Bosnian Podrinje region. After the Dayton Agreement was signed to end the war, the enclave was connected to the rest of Bosnia.