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    Date24 March – 10 June 1999 (2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
    LocationYugoslavia
    ResultNATO victory · Kumanovo Agreement · Establishment and deployment of KFOR · Withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo and Metohija · Establishment of UNMIK · Substantial damage to Yugoslav economy and infrastructure · Return of Albanian refugees to Kosovo · Departure of many Serb and other non-Albanian civilians
    Territorial changesUN Resolution 1244; de facto separation of Kosovo from Yugoslavia under UN temporary administration
    Overview

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999… See more

    Background

    A NATO-facilitated ceasefire between the KLA and Yugoslav forces was signed on 15 October 1998, but both sides broke it two months later and fighting resumed. UN Security Council resolution 1160, resolution 1199See more

    Goals

    NATO's objectives in the Kosovo conflict were stated at the North Atlantic Council meeting held at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 12 April 1999:
    • An end to all military action and the immediate t… See more

    Strategy

    Operation Allied Force predominantly used a large-scale air campaign to destroy Yugoslav military infrastructure from high altitudes. After the third day of aerial bombing, NATO had destroyed almost all of its strategi… See more