Bosnian fighters defend their village against attack of Serb forces. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A Bosnian commando in a field hospital outside Brcko, cries out from pain as surgical preparations have begun before he has been anaesthetized. He had penetrated the Serbian lines, but was detected and hit by a rifle-grenade. His foot was shredded, but he made it back to his own lines. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

Outside the mosque, near Brcko, a makeshift morgue has been set up, where dead Bosnia soldiers are ritually washed before burial. The mosque's minaret had been toppled by Serbian shelling. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A Bosnian soldier, killed in action, is being identified in a makeshift morgue in the mosque of a village outside Brcko. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A Bosnian soldier, killed in action, lies in the makeshift morgue in the mosque of a village outside Brcko. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

Families and neighbours mourn the death of a Bosnian soldier, killed in the battle for Brcko. Funerals occurred almost daily. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A Bosnian soldier is buried after he has been killed in action. The soldiers' cemetery in Donji Rahic, near the town Brcko, was begun in 1992. In the spring of 1993, it already contained nearly 400 graves. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

Relatives mourn their loved one, killed in the civil war. The park in the village of Donji Rahic, near Brcko, was converted into a cemetery. Bosnian soldiers were laid to rest in the same field where, before the war, they had played football. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

Muslim residents of Brcko, waiting by the roadside to be escorted to Muslim-controlled territory. They had been held hostage by Serbian forces and were exchanged for ethnic Serbs, who had been left behind Bosnian lines. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A Serbian and a Muslim soldier share cigarettes during a moment's reprieve in the hostilities. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

Serbs killed in action are dumped in a farmyard behind Bosnian lines. A Serbian infantry attack near the village of Rahic, outside Brcko, was successfully repulsed by Bosnian forces. The Serbs who were killed in action were collected from the battlefield and taken by truck behind Bosnian lines. They were returned to their comrades the following day. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

A grieving Bosnian woman on the cemetery of Donji Rahic, outside Brcko. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

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