The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, codenamed Operation Allied Force, ended up killing scores of civilians and wreaking havoc upon the country’s infrastructure as numerous bridges, industrial facilities and public buildings got blown up along with actual military targets.
The bombing also became the first use of military force by NATO without the approval of the UN Security council.
Ruins of the Liberty Bridge in Novi Sad, after a NATO bombing.
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© AP Photo / U.S. Air Force, Msgt. Keith Reed
A US F-117 stealth warplane seen during NATO military operation in Yugoslavia.
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Smoke billows over the northern Yugoslav city of Novi Sad after NATO air raids late Wednesday March 24, 1999.
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© Photo : Tanjug/Rade Prelic
Remains of a TV tower on Mount Avala near Belgrade, destroyed by a NATO air raid.
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© AP Photo / Dimitri Messinis
Flames from an explosion light up the Belgrade skyline near a power station after NATO launched its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia late Wednesday, March 24, 1999. Power station chimneys are at left.
A street in Belgrade, seen after a NATO airstrike.
US Navy cruiser USS Philippine Sea fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at targets throughout Yugoslavia. 24 March 1999.
An aerial view of the Pristina central post office which was destroyed by NATO bombing. 15 June 1999.
Yugoslav anti-aircraft forces fire at NATO warplanes.
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© Photo : Tanjug/Rade Prelic
Ruins of a bridge across the Sava River in Belgrade.
A German armoured vehicle part of the NATO-led KFOR troops drives past a herd of sheep in Orahovac, south western Kosovo. 17 June 1999.
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Holy Trinity Church in Petrić, Kosovo. The picture was taken in July 1999. In August 1999, the church was levelled to the ground.
A man walks past the building of former federal military headquarters in Belgrade, destroyed during the 1999 NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia. 24 March, 2010.
An unidentified elderly woman carries a sign in a crowd of about 150 demonstrators as they march in front of the White House to protest the air strikes by US Nato led forces against Yugoslavia. 24 March, 1999
Israeli Jews of Yugoslavian descent demonstrate against the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia outside the British Embassy in Tel Aviv. 26 March 1999
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Ruins of the Union Police Headquarters in Belgrade, destroyed by a NATO air raid.
Cousins Liridon Morina (L) and Selman Morina (R) play on a Serbian Army tank destroyed during NATO bombing. 10 July 1999.
A French soldier with the NATO peacekeeping forcce for Kosovo (KFOR) is welcomed by ethnic Albanians in the city of Mitrovica. 15 June 1999.
About 1,000 young Kosovar Albanians celebrate the "UCK [Kosovo Liberation Army] victory over the Serbs with NATO's help" in the centre of Pristina. 02 July 1999.
