A copy of the Six Strategic Objectives of the Serbian people in Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe atmosphere in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the start of 1992 was quite tense. The Serb Democratic Party headed by Radovan Karadžić was already being armed and plans for creating an ethnically pure Serb state were well under way.
The Bosnian Serbs had already created their own assembly made up of Serb politicians, established the Autonomous Region of Krajina – a semi-state consisting of municipalities in the Krajina region of Bosnia – as well as the Serb Autonomous Regions of Romanije, Birač and Herzegovina, collectively known as “Republika Srpska”. As soon as Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence on 1 March 1992, barricades popped up all over the country.
The Serbs demanded the separation of municipalities, the creation of parallel institutions and that these Autonomous Regions remain in Yugoslavia. In April, Serb Special Forces, named “The Tigers” and “The White Eagles” attacked, along with the regular Yugoslav People’s Army, the border towns of Zvornik, Bijelina and Višegrad. The war had officially started.
