Operation Allied Force

Operation Allied Force was NATO's military operation against Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999. It was only the second major combat operation in NATO's history, following the September 1995 Operation Deliberate Force in Bosnia.

Goals

NATO's proclaimed goal was to protect the Kosovo Albanian people from what it regarded as aggression by the military of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian paramilitary police forces and irregular militias allied to the Serbian government. The Yugoslav Government claimed that it was protecting the minority Serbian population of Kosovo against attacks by what it had classified as a Terrorist Organisation: the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Related Topics:
Albanian - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Serbian - Kosovo Liberation Army

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