The Prisoner Exchange at Pleso Airport
In the morning of 25 November 1991, a special Yugoslav military plane landed at Pleso Airport near Zagreb. Among its passengers were 27 prisoners of war who were exchanged for …
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 …
The Death of Mario Luetić, War Hero
On 22 November 1993, Croatian Homeland War hero Mario Luetić was killed in action on the “Southern Battlefront”. Mario Luetić was born on 3 April 1967 in the Župa Biokovska …
The Death of Ante Kelava
It is customary to say something when saying goodbye… give best wishes, shake hands or give a hug. Those of us gathered here part with you forever. We bid you a final farewell, give …
Ovčara and Velepromet: Places of Death and Suffering
In the evening of 18 November 1991, Andrija Hebrang on behalf of Croatia and Andrija Rašeta on behalf of the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) signed an agreement to evacuate and …
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 War Crimes in Škabrnja
Škabrnja, a village located on a plateau in northern Dalmatia and inhabited by Croats, had long been a “thorn in the side” of Serbs who lived in surrounding villages. As …
The Occupation of Slunj
After occupying Saborsko on 12 November 1991, the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) and rebel Serbs turned their attention to the town of Slunj, which was completely cut-off from Croatian government …
A Single Shell kills the Aleksander Family during the Siege of Vukovar
As Vukovar breathed it final breaths a few days before the city fell, several shells struck a civilian shelter in the basement of the already destroyed Eltz Castle. Several dozen …