The Canadian Military, Peacekeeping, and the Conflict in Yugoslavia

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The Canadian Military, Peacekeeping, and the
Conflict in Yugoslavia
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Canada and Peacekeeping

• 1947-1990 Classic Observation Peacekeeping
• India 1949-1996
• Golan Heights 1974-Today
• Cyprus 1964-1993
• 1990s to today Conflict and Casualties
• Somalia 1992-1993
• Bosnia/Croatia 1992-2004
• Rwanda 1994-1995
• Afghanistan 2001-Today
• Nobel Peace Prize 75 Missions Completed Since
  1947

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Canadian Peacekeeping in Bosnia

• Since 1992, over 40,000 Canadians in theater
• 25 Deaths
• United Nations
• UNPROFOR (1992-1995)
• NATO (1995-2004)
• IFOR
• SFOR

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Origins of the Conflict

• Croat, Muslim, Serb conflict for 1000 years
• Austro-Hungary and World War I
• Interwar Yugoslav Kingdom
• World War II
• Tito, Communism, Non-Alignment and Federal
  Yugoslav Republic
• Decentralization, Elections, Breakup and War

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Yugoslavia
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SARAJEVO
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Battle Damage
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Enter the Canadians
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CAMP MAPLE LEAF, ZGON
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Seized Weapons
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Building Schools
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The Cost