The Siege of Dubrovnik
At approximately 5:45 AM on 6 December 1991, an artillery attack was launched upon on the Imperial Fortress on the Srđ Hill above Dubrovnik. It happened suddenly because negotiations for …
The Tragic Battle of the Rosinjača Forest
The Battle of the Rosinjača Forest, one of the most heroic, tragic yet little known events of the Homeland War took place on 5 December 1991. Following heavy artillery, the …
The Croatian Army launches an Attack on Serb-Occupied Baranja
On 30 November 1991, the 107th Valpovo Brigade of the Croatian Army (CA) attacked the enemy in the occupied Baranja region by forcing an assault via the Drava River. The …
The Fall of Cetingrad
Cetingrad, where the Croatian nobility in 1527 passed the historic Cetingrad Charter and chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as their king has been subject to destruction over …
The Battle of Čepikuće – The “Herzegovinian Vukovar”
On 24 November 1991, the Yugoslav People’s Army occupied Čepikuće, a village on the Dubrovnik coast along the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. When the Battle of Dubrovnik began on …
The unsuccessful Battle of Korita
After the strategically important Trokut Motel was liberated on 19 November 1991, Croatian forces continued their efforts in the western Slavonija region. On 23 November 1991, seven Croatian national guardsmen …
Croatian Forces take control of the strategic Trokut Motel in western Slavonija
After the forces of the 56th Independent Kutina Battalion and 65th Independent Ivanić Grad Battalion liberated the village of Lovska between Novska and Lipik as part of Operation “HURRICANE ‘91”, …
The Battle of Bastajski Brđani
With much sacrifice, Croatian forces defended Bastajski Brđani on this day in 1991. On 5 November 1991, it was agreed to cease all hostilities at the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia …
The Occupation of Bogdanovci
Bogdanovci, a village in the Vukovar municipality in the Srijem region of eastern Croatia had a population of 1,100 inhabitants in 1991 of which 82 percent were Croats. With the …
The Battle of Kravljak
On 9 November 1991 Mato Čorković, Rudolf Dudović, Ivan Galeković, Josip Martello, Berislav Majdandžić, Branko Sabolić and Pero Spajić of the 127th Virovitica Brigade of the Croatian Army were killed …