On 6 October 1991, a decisive battle crucial to the survival of Pakrac took place in the village of Batinjani. On that day, Serb forces cut off the road to …
On 5 October 1991, Homeland War heroes Mario Huis and Zlatko Klasić became the first fatalities of the Croatian Defence Forces (CDF) when they were killed in the village of …
Luka Brkljača, became the first Croatian soldier from Biograd na Moru to die in the Homeland War when he was killed in action on 24 September 1991 in Nova Gradiška. …
On 20 September 1991, the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) attacked the village of Slakovci located on the road between Vinkovci and Tovarnik in eastern Slavonia. As the local residents left …
On 17 September 1991, Marinko Kardum was the first Croatian soldier killed in the defense of Šibenik. Kardum was born on August 30, 1967 in Zagreb where he spent his …
Marijan Celjak, hero of the Homeland War and city of Sisak died on 16 September 1991. Born in Sisak on 1 May 1957, Celjak grew up, received his education and …
Dr. Juraj Njavro, hero of the Homeland War died on 15 September 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia. Born near Neum in 1938, Njavro attended the Jesuit Classical Gymnasium in Dubrovnik and …
Miroslav Peris, Croatian air force pilot and hero of the Homeland War was killed on this day in 1993. Although his family originated from Sošice in the region of Žumberak, …
Croatian patriot Miro Barešić was born in Šibenik on this day in 1950. As a young man, Barešić left Yugoslavia as a political emigrant and went to Sweden where in …
Zoran Gruber, heroic defender of Vukovar and soldier of the Homeland War was born on this day in 1969. Born in the village of Migalovci, Gruber spent his early youth …
