Yugoslav Wars facts for kids

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of conflicts fought in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2001.

Images for kids

Photo of ambushed JNA tanks near Nova Gorica, on the border with Italy
Destroyed Serbian house in Sunja, Croatia. Most Serbs fled during Operation Storm in 1995.
People waiting in line to gather water during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992
A Serb woman mourns at a grave at the Lion's cemetery in Sarajevo, 1992
A Tomahawk cruise missile launches from the aft missile deck of the US warship USS Gonzalez on March 31, 1999
Smoke rising in Novi Sad, Serbia after NATO bombardment in 1999
Detainees in the Manjača camp, near Banja Luka, 1992
Bosnian refugees in 1993
Kosovo Serb refugees in 1999
War damage on a Sarajevo building
A shelled Croatian hotel resort on the Dalmatian coastline in Kupari near Dubrovnik, 1991
Besieged residents collect firewood in the bitter winter of 1992 during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Two Croatian Defense Council (HVO) T-55 Main Battle Tanks pull into firing position during a three-day exercise held at the Barbara Range in Glamoč, Bosnia and Herzegovina.