SFOR

The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement.

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The SFOR operated under the code name Operation Joint Guard (December 21, 1996 - June 19, 1998) and Operation Joint Forge (June 20, 1998 - December 2, 2004). Troops were provided by NATO countries Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA; Non-NATO coutries Albania, Austria, Argentina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden; and also by Australia and New Zealand.

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Troop levels were reduced to approximately 12,000 by the close of 2002, and to approximately 7,000 by the close of 2004.

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It took over from IFOR and was replaced by the European Union's EUFOR, on the 2nd of December 2004.

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SFOR was divided into threes zones of operation:

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• Mostar MNB(S)-Italian, French, Spanish
• Banja Luka MND(W)- British, Canadian, Dutch
• Tuzla MND(N)- American, Polish, Russian.

The three AOs were know collectively as the Multi National Division until the end of 2002 where they were reduced in scope to the Multi National Brigade.

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NATO: :This Wikipedia article uses European English spelling because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard. NATO is also an acronym for the National Association of Theatre Owners....

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H; locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/????? ? ???????????) is a triangular mountainous country in the western Balkans with an estimated population of about 4,000,000 people. The country is the homeland of its three constitutional peoples; Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs, and is famou...

Dayton Agreement: The Dayton Agreement or Dayton Accords is the name given to the agreement at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to end the war in the former Yugoslavia that had gone on for the previous three years, in particular the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It marked the first occasion when t...




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