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The web page covers the atrocities committed by all sides during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 1998 to 1999. It focuses on the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces, and the international response and consequences.
A list of feature films, TV films or TV series that include events of the Yugoslav Wars, such as the Croatian War of Independence, the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. The list covers films from various countries, genres and directors, with brief summaries and links to original titles.
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict between Serbia and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from 1998 to 1999, which ended with NATO intervention. The war resulted in the displacement and death of thousands of civilians, mostly Albanians, but also Serbs and other ethnic groups.
Kosovo 16 Albanians Serbian civilians On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, 16 Serbs and 11 Albanians were killed during the unrest. Over 935 Serbian houses and 35 Churches were burned and destroyed. Over 4000 Serbs were expelled from Kosovo. Talinoc Killings: 6 July 2012 Talinoc i Muhaxhirëve: 2 Serbian civilians
NATO carried out an aerial bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 to stop its ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo. The bombings lasted for two months and caused substantial damage to Yugoslav economy and infrastructure, as well as civilian casualties.
In 1999, during the Kosovo War, Slobodan Milošević was indicted by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Charges of violating the laws or customs of war, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and genocide in Bosnia were added a year and a half later.
Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War. University of California Press. ISBN 0-253-20703-7. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008; Jović, Dejan (2009). Yugoslavia: A State That Withered Away. Purdue University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9781557534958. Kostovicova, Denisa (2005). Kosovo: the politics of identity and space. Routledge.
A historical drama film based on the play by Ljubomir Simović, depicting the 1389 battle between Serbia and the Ottoman Empire. The film was released in 1989, the 600th anniversary of the battle, and faced criticism for its historical inaccuracy and nationalist bias.