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Operation Deliberate Force

August 30 – September 20, 1995 · Operation Deliberate Force

Result Lifting of Siege of Sarajevo

NATO bombed Bosnian Serb forces after the Markale market shelling, leading to the Dayton talks.

On the map Contemporaries

NATO

Yugoslavia and Serb forces

Other

NATO

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Turkey

United Kingdom

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United States

Luxembourg

Norway

Portugal

Denmark

Belgium

Canada

Republika Srpska

Bernard Janvier military commander Rupert Smith military commander

Leighton W. Smith, Jr. military commander

Michael E. Ryan military commander

Stuart Peach, Baron Peach military commander

Ratko Mladić military commander

Radislav Krstić military commander

Strength and losses

NATO Aircraft 400

Strength: 80,000

Units

French Air and Space Force German Air and Space Force Royal Canadian Air Force

Army of Republika Srpska

21st Special Operations Squadron Turkish Air Force