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In World War II the city was the center of operations by [[Tito]] against the Germans in a 1945 campaign to attack and destroy the 'E' group of German forces retreating from the southern Balkans across Yugoslovia, with the aim of liberating the country.
In World War II the city was the center of operations by [[Tito]] against the Germans in a 1945 campaign to attack and destroy the 'E' group of German forces retreating from the southern Balkans across Yugoslovia, with the aim of liberating the country.
===1992-96: The Bosnian War===
===1992-96: The [[Bosnian War]]===
The 1992-96 war between Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Serbs (supported by Serbia) erupted after the disintegration of [[Yugoslavia]] and devastated the city. Serbian forces in the hills shelled the city continuously for nearly four years; only a tunnel linked the capital with the outside world. The United Nations, which has branded Milosevic the aggressor in the conflict tried to intervene, as did the European Community ([[EU]]). The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) proved impotent; its troop convoys have repeatedly came under Serbian fire and took casualties; U.N. troops had to leave the Sarajevo airport Serbian forces simply drove up their tanks and began shelling the Bosnian defenders from right in front of the neutral U.N. Serbs hate the Bosnians Muslims, saying that Bosnian leader Alija Izetbegovic represents the opening wedge of an Islamic fundamentalist power grab.
The 1992-96 war between Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Serbs (supported by Serbia) erupted after the disintegration of [[Yugoslavia]] and devastated the city. Serbian forces in the hills shelled the city continuously for nearly four years; only a tunnel linked the capital with the outside world. The United Nations, which has branded Milosevic the aggressor in the conflict tried to intervene, as did the European Community ([[EU]]). The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) proved impotent; its troop convoys have repeatedly came under Serbian fire and took casualties; U.N. troops had to leave the Sarajevo airport Serbian forces simply drove up their tanks and began shelling the Bosnian defenders from right in front of the neutral U.N. Serbs hate the Bosnians Muslims, saying that Bosnian leader Alija Izetbegovic represents the opening wedge of an Islamic fundamentalist power grab.