Most battlefronts throughout Croatia were turbulent on 31 December 1991 and the region of Banovina was no exception. Croatian forces came under artillery fire and an enemy grenade killed four …
Following the capture of enemy strongholds Dereza and Bučje in the northern and eastern parts of the Pakrac battlefront in the second half of December 1991, Croatian forces continued their …
In the summer of 1991, volunteer units of the National Guard were established throughout Croatia, among which were units from Makarska and Vrgorac who gained their first combat duty in …
On 26 December 1991, Croatian forces liberated the village of Bučje as part of a larger operation to free villages under enemy occupation in western Slavonia. Located in the former …
On 24 December 1991, Croatian forces liberated the village of Dereza on the Pakrac battlefront. Dereza is a Serb-inhabited village located north of the town of Pakrac. It was a …
On 23 December 1992, the 7th Guard “Puma” Brigade of the Croatian Army was established in the town of Varaždin. The “Pumas” were formed by members of the 5th Battalion …
The date 22 December 1993 is remembered as one of the most difficult and bloodiest days for Croats from the Lašva Valley in central Bosnia-Herzegovina. It was the 251st consecutive …
Shortly after 12:30 PM on 21 December 1991, a group of Yugoslav Air Force fighter jets attacked Crljenka Airport near Vrsar in Istria. As there was a dense fog at …
The Battle of Mašička Šagovina on 19 December 1991 was one of the Croatian Army’s greatest victories on the Nova Gradiška battlefront during the Homeland War. Although they suffered many …
After Serb forces conducted a strong offensive on the city of Osijek in mid-December 1991, the Croatian military decided to launch a counterattack. The resulting Operation “DEVIL’S BEAM” was the …
