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The
                           Kosovo War
                           
                           
(1998-1999)
                           
                           

                           
                           
Flag of NATO
                           
                           
                           

                           
                           
Flag of
                           Yugoslavia
                           
                           
 
                           
                           
 
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    BELLIGERENTS:
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                           
                           
Government
                           of Yugoslavia/Serbia (President Slobodan
                           Milosevic)
                           
                           
v.
                           
                           
The Kosovo
                           Liberation Army (KLA) and the North
                           Atlantic Treaty Organization
                           (NATO)
                           
                           
*NATO
                           MEMBERS INVOLVED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS IN
                           KOSOVO INCLUDE:
                           The United States, The United Kingdom,
                           France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
                           Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
                           Portugal, Spain and
                           Turkey.
                           
                           
 
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    DATES
                                    OF CONFLICT:
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                           
                           
BEGAN:
                              February, 1998 (KLA began
                              operations against Serb forces);
                              
                              
March
                              24, 1999 (NATO enters the war by
                              beginning a 78-day bombing
                              campaign)
                              
                              
ENDED:
                              June 10, 1999 (NATO halts bombing
                              and Serbs begin to leave
                              Kosovo)
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    TYPE(S)
                                    OF CONFLICT:
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    Ethnic/Regional
                                    Rebellion & Foreign
                                    Intervention
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                           
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    RELATED
                                    CONFLICTS:
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                           
                           
PREDECESSOR:
                                 (Related conflicts that occurred
                                 before)
                                 
                                 
Ongoing
                                 history of warfare between Kosovo
                                 Albanians and Serbs
                                 
                                 
Several
                                 wars have erupted since Yugoslavia
                                 began to fall apart in 1991. All of
                                 these conflicts are interconnected
                                 and all have involved the military
                                 forces of the Yugoslav government.
                                 (The names Yugoslavia and Serbia are
                                 often used interchangeably since the
                                 breakaway of Slovenia, Croatia and
                                 Bosnia from the Yugoslav federal
                                 republic.)
                                 
                                 
Slovenian
                                    War of Independence (1991)
                                    
                                    
Croatian
                                    War of Independence
                                    (1991-1992)
                                    
                                    
Krajina
                                       War (1991-1995)
                                    
                                    
Bosnian
                                    War
                                    (1992-1995)
                                 
                                 
CONCURRENT:
                                 (Related conflicts occurring at the
                                 same time)
                                 
                                 
Iraq-U.S./U.K
                                    Conflict
                                    (1991-Present)--This war is
                                    related only in that the United
                                    States and United Kingdom waged
                                    simultaneous air wars against
                                    Serbia and Iraq in 1999.
                                 
                                 
SUCCESSOR:
                                 (Related conflicts that occur
                                 later)
                                 
                                 
Presevo
                                    Rebellion (2000-Present)
                           
                           
 
                           
                           
 
                           
                            
                           
                           
 
                           
                           Links
                           and Sources:
                           
                           
History
                           Guy Links page for Kosovo
                           
                           
Frontline:
                           War in
                           Europe 
                           
                           
Army
                              sets five-year rotation for Kosovo and
                              Bosnia forces
                           
                           

                        
                     
                  
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