Army of Republika Srpska

Army of Republika Srpska
Војска Републике Српске Vojska Republike Srpske
Military leader	Ratko Mladić[1]
Political leader	Radovan Karadžić[2]
Dates of operation	1992–2006
Split from	Yugoslav People's Army
Merged into	Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Allegiance	Republika Srpska
Motives	Independence of Republika Srpska (until 1995)
Headquarters	Pale, Bijeljina, Banja Luka
Size	80,000 at peak, 4,000 in 2005[3]
Allies	JNA VJ RSK
Opponents	ARBiH (until 1995) HVO (until 1995) HV (until 1995)
Colours	Red   Blue   White
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The Army of Republika Srpska (Serbian: Војска Републике Српске/Vojska Republike Srpske; ВРС/VRS), commonly referred to in English as the Bosnian Serb Army,^[4] was the military of Republika Srpska, the self-proclaimed Serb secessionist republic, a territory within the newly independent Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly part of Yugoslavia), which it defied and fought against. Active during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, it continued to exist as the armed forces of RS, one of two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina, until 2006 when it was integrated into the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Forces of the VRS engaged in several campaigns, including Operation Corridor 92, Operation Vrbas '92, Operation Bura, and Operation Spider; they were also involved in the siege of Sarajevo, as well as the Srebrenica massacre.