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.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Operation Allied Force	0	5
1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia	0	2
Kosovo War air campaign	0	1
NATO bombing of Radio Television of Serbia headquarters	0	1
NATO intervention in Kosovo	0	1
NATO intervention in Yugoslavia	0	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 NERFINISHED → 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 (17)

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

Račak massacre → aftermath → 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"

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"

Yugoslav Army → conflict → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

Tony Blair → knownFor → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

this entity surface form: "NATO intervention in Kosovo"

Kosovo War → militaryOperation → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

Wesley Clark → notableEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

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

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

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit → notableOperation → 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"

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

this entity surface form: "Operation Allied Force"

Slobodan Milošević → participantIn → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

Yugoslav Wars → significantEvent → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

Kumanovo Agreement → tookPlaceDuring → NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →

this entity surface form: "1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia"

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

this entity surface form: "Operation Allied Force"