How the Bosnian Genocide Started

Penguin History October 13, 2025
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In March 1992, a Serbian wedding in Sarajevo ended in bloodshed. Within hours, barricades rose across the city. Within days, Bosnia was at war. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Felky / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited Igor Trklja / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited Choinowski / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited UN ICTY / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited Robert Goddyn / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited ICTY staff / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - Edited Video Credits: Bosna u predvečerje rata - archival TV/news excerpts (1991 - 1992) Otpor Bosne čuo se do neba (1999) - FAOS Alija Izetbegović u Širokom Brijegu (9. maja 1991) - archival footage Radovan Karadžić i Alija Izetbegović (1991) - archival assembly/news footage Vanzemaljci iznad Sarajeva (2008) - RTV BosTel The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) - BBC Balkan Peace Agreement Signing (1995) - White House Television Music: Penguin History Sources: The Death of Yugoslavia (BBC, 1995) The Siege of Sarajevo (PBS Frontline, 1993) A Cry from the Grave (BBC, 1999) Safe Area Goražde, Joe Sacco (2000) Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/penguinhistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@penguinhistorymedia

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