NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Part of the Bosnian War
A Grumman EA-6B Prowler aircraft flying an I-FOR mission
Date 16 July 1992 – 2 December 2004 Location Bosnia and Herzegovina Result End of the Bosnian War
Belligerents
NATO  Netherlands  Norway  Denmark  Germany  Luxembourg  United States  Belgium  Spain  United Kingdom  Italy  Canada  Turkey  Portugal  France UNPROFOR  France  United Kingdom  India  Sweden  Canada  Belgium Western European Union (1993–1996) Supported Countries:  Croatia  Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	Republika Srpska  Republic of Serbian Krajina Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Supporting Countries:  FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
/ Willy Claes / Manfred Wörner / Wesley Clark / Leighton Smith / Jeremy Boorda / Stuart Peach / Michael E. Ryan / Rupert Smith / Satish Nambiar / Lars-Eric Wahlgren / Bernard Janvier / Dick Applegate Franjo Tuđman Gojko Šušak Janko Bobetko Alija Izetbegović Haris Silajdžić Sefer Halilović Rasim Delić Mate Boban Milivoj Petković Slobodan Praljak	Radovan Karadžić Biljana Plavšić Ratko Mladić Dragomir Milošević Milan Martić Milan Babić Goran Hadžić Slobodan Milošević Vojislav Koštunica Zoran Đinđić
Strength
60,000 soldiers	50,000–100,000 soldiers

The NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a series of actions undertaken by NATO whose stated aim was to establish long-term peace during and after the Bosnian War.^[1] NATO's intervention began as largely political and symbolic, but gradually expanded to include large-scale air operations and the deployment of approximately 60,000 soldiers of the Implementation Force.