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 “Slavija” transports 3,500 Croatian Refugees from Dubrovnik to Safety
During the five difficult days of the Battle of Dubrovnik from November 8-13, 1991 Croatian forces were forced to abandon their positions above the city at Strinčjer, Bosanka and Srđ. …
The Velebit Mountain Company of the Croatian Army
The Velebit Mountain Company was founded in 1991 when a group of experienced mountaineers, alpinists and speleologists began to mobilize around Jerko Kirigin in the Croatian Mountaineering Association. They all …
The Birthday of Ivan Burik, the only Catholic Priest killed during the Homeland War
Even though he was the only Catholic priest killed during the Homeland War, little is known about the character and work of Ivan Burik. Burik was born on 8 November …
The Young Student who bravely went into Battle armed only with his Camera – Tihomir “Tuna” Tunuković
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 “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 City of Jajce is Occupied
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 …
The Yugoslav People’s Army attacks Barcs in Hungary
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. …
The Return of the Croatian National Soccer Team
October 17, 1990 was one of the most important dates in the history of Croatian football. On that day, the Croatian Men’s National Soccer Team played its first game in …
“We were never as united as then” – Croatia severs all ties with Yugoslavia
After Croatia declared independence on 25 June 1991, the international community postponed the declaration for three months on 7 July through the Brijuni Declaration. In those three months, the Serb …