Dutchbat

UNPROFOR DUTCHBAT was a Dutch battalion under the command of the United Nations in operation United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). "Dutchbat" was a military name formed from the words "Dutch battalion". It was hastily formed out of the emerging Air Mobile Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces between February 1994 and November 1995 to participate in peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia. It was tasked with the role of safekeeping the Muslim enclave and designated UN "safe zone" of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. The enclave fell to the Bosnian Serbs under Colonel General Ratko Mladić during the third 'rotation', "Dutchbat III," commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Karremans.

Dutchbat

UNPROFOR DUTCHBAT was a Dutch battalion under the command of the United Nations in operation United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). "Dutchbat" was a military name formed from the words "Dutch battalion". It was hastily formed out of the emerging Air Mobile Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces between February 1994 and November 1995 to participate in peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia. It was tasked with the role of safekeeping the Muslim enclave and designated UN "safe zone" of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. The enclave fell to the Bosnian Serbs under Colonel General Ratko Mladić during the third 'rotation', "Dutchbat III," commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Karremans.