The “Libertas Convoy” reaches Dubrovnik
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 …
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 …
On 28 October 1991, Mladen “Grof” (Eng: “The Count”) Amstrong, one of the heroes of Vukovar and the Homeland War was killed in action during the Battle of Vukovar. Amstrong …
At 8:51 PM on 27 October 1991, Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) aircraft dropped cluster bombs on the Hungarian town of Barcs along the Drava River not far from Virovitica, Croatia. …
All of southern Croatia was liberated following the successful completion of Operation “VLAŠTICA” in the Dubrovnik hinterland on 26 October 1992. Vlaštica is a 915-metre-high mountain in the Dubrovnik hinterland, …
The Battle of Tordinci took place on 25 October 1991. This village near the town of Vinkovci had been surrounded and under attack for almost one month but still managed …
On 24 October 1991, the young Croatian defender Mario Svjetličić was killed at Prekopakra on the Pakrac battlefront. Born on 12 July 1972 in Pakrac, Svjetličić grew up there with …
On 23 October 1995, Joso Podnar, another forgotten hero of the Homeland War, lost his life in a tragic automobile accident. From an early age, this native of Perušić in …
Nevenka Topalušić, heroine of the Homeland War who was born and raised in Gradec near Vrbovec, passed away on the night of 21-22 October 2014. Topalušić finished medical studies in …