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Event war Europe

Siege of Sarajevo

1992 CE – 1996 CE

The longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare — nearly four years of shelling and sniping in the Bosnian capital.

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Standing in 1992 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

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