Milosevic tells citizens to defend Yugoslavia – March 24, 1999.
NATO attack on Yugoslavia begins – March 24, 1999.
Operation Allied Force blasts Yugoslavia – March 24, 1999.
Cohen, Secretary of Defense, to the Senate Armed Services Committee on 15 April 1999: „Our military objective is to degrade and damage the military and security structure that President Milosevic has used to depopulate and destroy the Albanian majority in Kosovo.“ Operation Allied Force Objective: Statement of William S. Operation Allied Force – NATO Air strikes against Yugoslavia
Bombing campaign halted: 10:50 AM EST, 20 June 1999.
Suspension of bombing: 10:00 AM EST, 10 June 1999.
Time of initial attack: 2:00 PM EST, 24 March 1999.
On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an attack on Yugoslavia, making good on a long-standing threat to strike if Serbs refused to sign a peace plan for Kosovo.The assault included air- and sea-launched cruise missiles and bombing runs by American, German and French aircraft. Operation Allied Force was the military response of NATO to the 1999 Kosovo crisis, and the first major combat operation in NATO history.
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