After the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the Balkan Peninsula plunged into the abyss of internecine wars. The series of military conflicts began in June-July 1991 with the Slovenian War of Independence, followed by the Serbo-Croatian conflict of 1991-92. From 1992 to 1995, the war between the Serbs and Croats subsided somewhat, but in the spring of 1995 the Croats launched a series of offensive operations. In April 1992, a civil war began between the Serbs, Croats and Muslims who inhabited the once union republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. UN peacekeeping forces and NATO aircraft appeared in the Balkans in 1992, but their presence was little felt until the fall of 1995. The November 1995 Dayton peace accords provided a broad gateway for NATO's entry into the former Yugoslavia. Within the framework of the North Atlantic bloc, the Implementation Force (IFOR) and the Stabilization Force (SFOR) were formed. The Dayton agreements did not address the Kosovo problem. This province of Serbia was inhabited mainly by Kosovars - ethnic Albanians. The storm in the Balkans reached Albania in 1997, and European peacekeeping forces were brought into the country under the auspices of Italy. After the events in Albania, the situation in Kosovo worsened even more, and in 1998, according to the West, it became simply critical. A real war began in the province, into which NATO did not fail to get involved. Note: A complete set of illustrations, arranged as in a printed publication, text captions for illustrations, ordered tables.