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The
siege of Sarajevo
was a long blockade of
Sarajevo
, the capital of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
during the
Bosnian War
. It was done by members of the
Yugoslav People's Army
. The city was then taken by the
Army of Republika Srpska
from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days). It lasted three times longer than the
Battle of Stalingrad
and more than a year longer than the
siege of Leningrad
,
[1]
and was the longest
siege
of a capital city in the history of modern war.
[2]
