NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

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NATO operation aerial bombing campaign military operation

The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was a 1999 air campaign by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, conducted without UN Security Council authorization, aimed at halting human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia canonical	19
Operation Allied Force	10
NATO intervention in Kosovo	3
1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia	2
NATO intervention in Yugoslavia	2
Kosovo War air campaign	1
NATO bombing of Radio Television of Serbia headquarters	1
NATO bombing of Varvarin	1
NATO bombing of a refugee convoy near Djakovica	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NATO operation ⓘ aerial bombing campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftUsed	B-2 Spirit ⓘ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress F-15 Eagle ⓘ surface form: F-15E Strike Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ Hawker Siddeley Harrier ⓘ surface form: Harrier II Dassault Mirage 2000 ⓘ surface form: Mirage 2000 Tornado F3 ⓘ surface form: Tornado
alsoKnownAs	NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Kosovo War air campaign NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Operation Allied Force
civilianCasualtiesEstimate	hundreds of civilians killed ⓘ
commandedBy	Michael C. Short ⓘ Wesley Clark ⓘ
conductedBy	NATO ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
conflict	Kosovo War ⓘ
countryAttacked	Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
criticizedBy	Belarus ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ Russia ⓘ
durationInDays	78 ⓘ
endDate	1999-06-10 ⓘ
followedBy	Kumanovo Agreement ⓘ entry of NATO-led forces into Kosovo ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–Cold War era ⓘ
legalStatus	conducted without UN Security Council authorization ⓘ
location	Belgrade ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ Serbia ⓘ
militaryCasualtiesEstimate	hundreds of Yugoslav military personnel killed ⓘ
notableIncident	Grdelica train bombing ⓘ NATO bombing of Yugoslavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NATO bombing of Radio Television of Serbia headquarters Varvarin bridge bombing ⓘ bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade ⓘ
opponent	Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbian police forces ⓘ Yugoslav Army ⓘ
partOf	Kosovo War ⓘ
precededBy	Rambouillet peace talks ⓘ surface form: Rambouillet negotiations
primaryBelligerent	Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
result	Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council ⓘ deployment of KFOR peacekeeping force in Kosovo ⓘ establishment of UN administration in Kosovo ⓘ withdrawal of Yugoslav and Serbian forces from Kosovo ⓘ
startDate	1999-03-24 ⓘ
statedGoal	halt human rights abuses in Kosovo ⓘ stop ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians ⓘ
target	Serbian government facilities ⓘ Yugoslav military infrastructure ⓘ communications infrastructure ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ
weaponUsed	cruise missiles ⓘ precision-guided munitions ⓘ
year	1999 ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Kosovo War → militaryOperation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Tony Blair → knownFor → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO intervention in Kosovo

Yugoslav Wars → significantEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit → notableOperation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

Slobodan Milošević → participantIn → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

United States Air Forces in Europe → notableOperation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

B-1B Lancer → usedInConflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

RAF Strike Command → notableOperation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

Kumanovo Agreement → tookPlaceDuring → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Račak massacre → aftermath → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Operation Horseshoe (alleged) → associatedWithEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO intervention in Yugoslavia

Operation Horseshoe (alleged) → associatedWithEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Wesley Clark → notableEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Yugoslav Army → conflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia → alsoKnownAs → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia → alsoKnownAs → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosovo War air campaign

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia → notableIncident → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO bombing of Radio Television of Serbia headquarters

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia civil administration in Kosovo → endEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO intervention in Yugoslavia

E-8 Joint STARS → usedInConflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

NATO air forces → participatedIn → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

United States–Yugoslavia relations → significantEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

86th Airlift Wing → conflictParticipation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

Varvarin → hasHistoricalEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO bombing of Varvarin

Bone → usedInConflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

subject surface form: B-1B Lancer

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

Rambouillet peace talks → followedBy → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Drenica massacres → relatedTo → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Hufeisenplan → usedAsJustificationFor → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Horseshoe Plan → associatedWithEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Horseshoe Plan → usedAsArgumentFor → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO intervention in Kosovo

Kosovo independence movement → hasKeyEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

S/RES/1244(1999) → followed → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Rambouillet Agreement → directConsequenceOfFailure → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Rambouillet Agreement → militaryOperationTriggered → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Allied Force

Waging Modern War → mainSubject → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO intervention in Kosovo

Navy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia → conflictInvolved → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Grdelica train bombing → partOf → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Grdelica train bombing → relatedEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

this entity surface form: NATO bombing of a refugee convoy near Djakovica

Varvarin bridge bombing → partOf → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

Nebojša Pavković → notableEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

3rd Army → conflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ

subject surface form: 3rd Army (Yugoslav Army)