Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnian War military formation military organization

The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the early wartime military formation that organized and led the republic’s armed resistance at the outset of the Bosnian War before evolving into its regular army.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Territorial Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb-controlled units)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bosnian War military formation ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeIn	Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedConflict	Yugoslav Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedForcesBranchOf	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bosnian government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	decentralized local units ⓘ transition from militia-style units to regular army formations ⓘ
combatRole	defensive operations ⓘ limited offensive operations to secure territory ⓘ
commandStructure	subordinated to the political leadership of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
conflict	Bosnian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipmentSource	captured Yugoslav People’s Army stockpiles ⓘ locally procured and improvised weapons ⓘ
evolvedInto	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	coordination of armed resistance ⓘ mobilization of local defense units ⓘ
goal	protection of civilians and territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation of the later Bosnian national army ⓘ key actor in the defense of Sarajevo and other besieged areas ⓘ
ideology	defense of Bosnian sovereignty ⓘ
language	Bosnian ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Serbian NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	official armed force of the internationally recognized Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
militaryBranch	ground forces ⓘ
notableFor	being the core of the later Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ rapid wartime mobilization under difficult conditions ⓘ
operationalScope	territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	federal Yugoslav military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ separatist Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
organizedAs	territorial defense force ⓘ
origin	territorial defense system of socialist Yugoslavia ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Territorial Defense of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Army of Republika Srpska NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslav People’s Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	transformation into a regular army structure ⓘ
role	defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ organization of early armed resistance in the Bosnian War ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
timePeriod	early phase of the Bosnian War ⓘ
typeOf	reserve-based defense structure ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina → predecessor → Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ

Army of Republika Srpska → predecessor → Territorial Defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territorial Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb-controlled units)