The Fall of Hrvatska Kostajnica
Hrvatska Kostajnica, a small town on the left bank of the Una River was targeted by the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) and rebel Serb units in late July of 1991. …
Maslenica, Jasenice and Kruševo are occupied by the Yugoslav People’s Army
On 11 September 1991 in the hinterland of Zadar, rebel Serbs aided by the powerful armoured forces of the 9th Knin Corps of the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) launched a …
Croatian Patriot Miro Barešić was born on this day
Croatian patriot Miro Barešić was born in Šibenik on this day in 1950. As a young man, Barešić left Yugoslavia as a political emigrant and went to Sweden where in …
Operation “MEDAK POCKET”
On 9 September 1993, Croatian forces launched Operation “MEDAK POCKET” which forced the rebel Serbian Army of Krajina to withdraw a few kilometers from Gospić and significantly reduced the military …
The Battle of Kusonje – They refused to leave their Comrades behind and Died Together
Ever since the beginning of the Serbian uprising and aggression against the Republic of Croatia, Pakrac and the Pakrac region were among the most difficult crisis hotspots. Special units of …
The Establishment of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit – Only a Select Few became Members
The Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia was established on 7 September 1990. ATU Lučko had previously existed as part of …
Three Croatian Defenders killed in Ambush near Plitvice Lakes
On this day in 1991, Croatian Homeland War Heros Ivica Matovina, Stipe Matovina and Marko Šebalj were killed in an ambush at Sertić Poljana between the villages of Poljanak and …
The Birthday of Homeland War Hero Zoran Gruber
Zoran Gruber, heroic defender of Vukovar and soldier of the Homeland War was born on this day in 1969. Born in the village of Migalovci, Gruber spent his early youth …
Kako su hrvatske snage zaustavile slabo poznat pokušaj Srba da vrate izgubljeno u „Oluji“ – Bitka za Bosansko Grahovo
Iako je široj javnosti nepoznato, ubrzo nakon oslobodilačke operacije „Oluja“, na području Bosanskog Grahova vodila se teška i odlučna bitka u kojoj su srpske snage predvođene generalom Mladićem pokušale vratiti …