What is Siege of Sarajevo?
The '''siege of Sarajevo''' was a long blockade of [[Sarajevo]], the capital of [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] during the [[Bosnian War]]. It was done by members of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]]. The city was then taken by the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days). It lasted three times longer than the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and more than a year longer than the [[siege of Leningrad]],<ref>[http://theharvardadvocate.com/article/68/sarajevo-rose/ Spencer Burke, Sarajevo Rose] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731003851/http://theharvardadvocate.com/article/68/sarajevo-rose/ |date=31 July 2016}}</ref> and was the longest [[siege]] of a capital city in the history of modern war.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article575571.ece |title=The new siege of Sarajevo |last=Connelly |first=Charlie |date=8 October 2005 |work=The Times |location=UK |access-date=10 May 2010 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505131350/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|history|military|Europe}} [[Category:1992 in Europe]] [[Category:1990s in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]