The Dayton Accords: The End Of The Bosnian War

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In the end, the three nations of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia signed a peace treaty known as the Dayton Accords. The Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia and it split the country into two entities. These two entities were the Federation of Bosnians and Croats and Republika Srpska for the Serbs. The agreement ended in a split for 51 percent for the Federation and 49 percent for Republika Srpska. Overall, the Dayton Accords ended a conflict in Bosnia, which lasted for almost four years. One topic that was only briefly discussed in the book was the Srebrenica massacre. It occurred at the end of the war in Bosnia. At the beginning of 1992, the Bosnian Serbs besieged Srebrenica, while the Muslim inhabitants defended the town. In early July 1995,

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