The Bloodiest War You've Never Heard Of - Bosnian War 🇧🇦

In this video from Sarajevo, Bosnia, I discuss the Bosnian civil war, the most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of World War II, and one that happened within our lifetimes with vivid present day repercussions. I tried my best to go over the happenings in Yugoslavia that led to the dissolution of the state and to the crisis that affected Bosnia-Hercegovina worse than arguably any of the other member states, what happened in the war itself, the unbelievable atrocities that defined the tragedy, and the aftermath.

Wikipedia summaries:
Yugoslav Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugosla...
Bosnian war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian...
Siegeo of Sarajevo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
Srebrenica Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebren...

Articles on the Siege of Sarajevo
The siege of Sarajevo - archive, 1993
https://www.theguardian.com/world/fro...

Life and death on my street in Sarajevo
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

Recommended books on the history of the conflicts
1. The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011
- by Misha Glenny. (strongly recoommend this one)
2. The Balkans: A Short History
- by Mark Mazower

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0:00 Watch ONLY if you're ready
1:24 What led to the crisis
6:11 War begins
7:50 Snapshot: Nature thru window of man's destruction
8:51 Life under siege
10:30 The atrocities
11:22 They would have been my age
11:46 More monstrosity
13:13 Aftermath
16:57 Silver lining
19:13 Hope