The flames of war began to burn in March 1999.
The series of ethnic conflicts that stretched across the Balkan Peninsula since the early 1990s erupted with apocalyptic ferocity at the end of the 20th century.
After a series of diplomatic, military, and political conflicts, mediations and renewed conflicts, the issue could not be resolved peacefully. NATO bypassed the United Nations and launched large-scale airstrikes on Kosovo on March 23.
The Kosovo War broke out.
Led by the US Army, the powerful NATO air force conducted non-stop, high-intensity bombings on the Yugoslavia, including military and various important civilian facilities. A modern country was bombed into a state of semi-paralysis within a short time.
There were massive casualties, cities were razed to the ground, and devastation was everywhere.
Unlike the Gulf War in 1991 when All-America rallied together and considered the US Army's actions as righteous, this airstrike provoked some controversy and opposition.
