The Death of Ivan “Sokol” Poljak, Hero of Vukovar and the Homeland War
Ivan “Sokol” (Eng: “Falcon”) Poljak, hero of Vukovar and the Homeland War died on 6 November 1991. He grew up in his hometown of Sinj, was an avid parachutist and …
Ivan “Sokol” (Eng: “Falcon”) Poljak, hero of Vukovar and the Homeland War died on 6 November 1991. He grew up in his hometown of Sinj, was an avid parachutist and …
On 5 November 1991, all four members of the Kozbašić family were killed in one of a series of horrific crimes committed in the city of Petrinja. After Petrinja was …
I abandon any search for justice or truth, I abandon trying to subordinate ideals to my own life, I abandon everything that until yesterday I considered necessary for any good …
The signing of the Washington Agreement in March 1994 marked the end of the Croat-Muslim conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The initial results of this agreement on the battlefield …
On 2 November 1991, Ivan Mažar, hero of Vukovar and the Homeland War died in the Vukovar hospital as a result of wounds received during combat. Ivan Mažar was born …
On 1 November 1992, the 6th Guard Brigade was founded in the city of Gospić and was renamed the 9th Guard Brigade of the Croatian Army six months later. The …
On this day in 1992, camerman Tihomil “Tuna” Tunuković killed while on assignment in the vicinity of Travnik in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Born in Zagreb on June 30, 1967, Tunuković completed his …
The Dubrovnik hinterland was fiercely attacked by the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) and Montenegrin reservists in early October of 1991. After the occupation of the suburb of Slano, the city …
After entering the former National and University Library in Zagreb, today’s Croatian State Archives, there are paintings of four cities located in the atrium. Above the entrance to the small …
On 29 October 1991, a battle took place for the Trokut Motel on the Novljan front and marked the beginning of Operation “HURRICANE ’91”. Trokut is the local name for …