Intra-Bosnian Muslim War

Intra-Bosnian Muslim War in Western Bosnia
Part of the Bosnian War

Map of the Bihać enclave (under the control of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian government), surrounded by the Republic of Serbian Krajina (in the northwest), the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (to the north) and the Republika Srpska (to the southeast)
Date27 September 1993 – 4/5 August 1995
Location
Result Central government victory
Territorial
changes
The central government regains control over all the former territory of APZB
Belligerents
Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
Supported by:
 Republika Srpska
Republic of Serbian Krajina
 Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Supported by:
 Croatia (from 1995)
 Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (from 1995)
Commanders and leaders
Fikret Abdić
Zlatko Jušić
Hasib Hodžić
Radovan Karadžić
Ratko Mladić
Milan Martić
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Atif Dudaković
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Izet Nanić [1][2][3]
Units involved
National Defence of the APZB
Army of Republika Srpska
Serbian Army of Krajina
Strength
NOZB:
4,000–5,000
VRS:
10,000
RSK:
3,000–5,000[4]
ARBiH:
10,000[5]–20,000
Casualties and losses
558 killed[6]
121+ killed
202+ wounded
4+ injured[7][8][9]
672 killed
1,638 seriously wounded
3,981 slightly wounded[10]

The Intra-Bosnian Muslim War (Serbo-Croatian: Unutarmuslimanski rat) was a civil war fought between the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina loyal to central government of Alija Izetbegović in Sarajevo and the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia loyal to Fikret Abdić in Velika Kladuša from 1993 to 1995. The war ended in victory of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the abolishment of Western Bosnia.

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  6. ^ Tokača 2012, p. 160.
  7. ^ Sekulić 2000, p. 97.
  8. ^ Sekulić 2000, p. 161.
  9. ^ Sekulić 2000, p. 253.
  10. ^ Felić 2002, p. 647.