The Worst War You Never Learned About

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[@johnnyharris]

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[@beardoswaggins739]

I lived in Bosnia during this war. Lost two uncles and remember heading to a giant meadow with my mum to identify her sisters husbands. It was a terrible conflict. My late father walked during bombing raids to UN bread lines to collect food and water and walked it back. He told me you never ran during a bombing raid because you didn't know if you'd run right into a falling shell, so you just walked, getting showered in debris and moving from building to building to avoid sniper fire. He had some really messed up stories about his experience. Thank you Johnny for shedding light on this, it really means to world to everyone who experienced this awful war.

[@The_right_path100]

As someone who’s been in Bosnia during this mess I can assure you that war is very much scarier than anything I’ve ever experienced

[@War_Zone360]

I’m a survivor of this war and I also lost two uncles during the conflict and it’s amazing how useless UN is and was allowing thousands of people to be murdered. The world never seems to learn lessons and change foreign policy.

[@MiladJP]

Next to my apartment in Germany, there is a small pub. - Owner is Albanian, Customers are Croats, Serbian, Bosnian, Greek and Turkish. We all live in peace, we all celebrate together. They have left the battles of their fathers at home and decided to finally start again with love and joy for their shared food, often the language and culture. I am amazed every single day I pass this pub. It's called Arians Pub (named after the owners son Arian) and it is in Hamburg. The most amazing gathering of Balkan states.

[@portsouth]

I had a professor, his name gave away that he was Bosnian so he was put into a labor camp cutting down trees mostly. After some time he was let go. Later he was taken to another labor camp and forced to dig trenches, he acted as a guard and escaped with a fake ID and lived in Belgrade until the war ended. He told us “And that was my first performance” and that that performance was the start for his love of acting, and the arts.

[@Whatupitskevin]

They just found my coworkers brother body in a mass grave and has finally just been identified after being missing for decades. It was heartbreaking having a woman in her 60s crying on your shoulder.

[@Jiusolosurfavs]

My mother and father are both Bosnians, my father escaped in the beginning of the war, my mom stayed for 1 or 2 years, having to escape through an underground tunnel, seeing much of the atrocities and death, she was 12.

[@simpleliving-bulgaria4787]

My ex was a part of this. The stories he told were horrific. I will never forget the things he told me. Absolutely awful. Neighbour against neighbour. Neighbours that lived next to each other for decades became enemies.

[@ekids.bassment]

I was part of that. We 'the dutch' were send on a mission with basic weapons and mostly transport vehicles and no tanks. Therefor my trust is gone in the UN and my government. Recently they apologized after 27 years. I was 19 and a lot of soldiers were around that age. So nowadays I'm really upset when people promote the army or war. It's all a game and we're just collateral. there is no bravery in war, just foolishness

[@vedadfisic]

As a young child, I spent the entire duration of the war in Bosnia. My mother, who was in her early twenties at the time, and I were constantly on the move, seeking shelter from the relentless bombings. I vividly recall waiting in line for aid from the Red Cross and having to flee from their bombs.

[@SashaRomeo-cb1fr]

I'm really glad to see that someone of your breadth and capacity is working on this topic, it really shows how versatile you are.Thank U

[@sodog44]

Crazy how Tito kept all this under wraps for as long as he did.

[@kantemirovskaya1lightninga30]

As a former soldier I spent over a year there in 95/96. It was horrific. I had witnessed war firsthand but what I saw there was just appalling. This awakens memories best left asleep.

[@eskay5106]

I remember being a 10 yr old in Pakistan and seeing a sudden surge of people who didnt look like me on the streets. A lot of Bosnians were airlifted to Pakistan during the war between 1992 and 1995. I saw mostly women. They were traumatized by what the war had done to them. Housed in refugee camps in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. I dont remember much more about them apart from the fact that they were great people who deserved better. Sending love and peace to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina!

[@DzevadTopcic]

My father and some uncles were in the war fighting on the Bosnian side . I was born early 96 and we escaped to America when I was 4. I’m so grateful everyday that they made it out alive … but you can tell it changed them forever

[@Amp1771]

Thank you for explaining this I remember seeing this on the news a lot when I was a kid but never fully understood it. This was like watching one of those Metal Gear backstory vids.

[@serdavosseaworth6115]

UN - United nothing.

[@Em-tw1gz]

As a Bosnian, who witnessed firsthand and survived these events, I can say that in this rather short video, Johnny , you painted the picture pretty well. It brings tears to my eyes. Thanks

[@Xboxers]

I can tell you in The Netherlands we definitely learned about this war and the horrific events that played incl. the overrunning of the Dutchbat safe-zone.