Operation Military_operation Stinger ( ; ) was an offensive undertaken by the forces Hostile_encounter of the SAO Krajina , an unrecognized Croatian Serb region opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Republic of Croatia , against positions held by the Croatian police in the region of Banovina on 26–27 July 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

Operation Military_operation Stinger ( ; ) was an offensive undertaken by the forces Hostile_encounter of the SAO Krajina , an unrecognized Croatian Serb region opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Republic of Croatia , against positions held by the Croatian police in the region of Banovina on 26–27 July 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

Operation Military_operation Stinger ( ; ) was an offensive undertaken by the forces Hostile_encounter of the SAO Krajina , an unrecognized Croatian Serb region opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Republic of Croatia , against positions held by the Croatian police in the region of Banovina on 26–27 July 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

In addition to Glina and Kozibrod , heavy fighting Hostile_encounter took place Process_start in the village of Struga , north of Dvor , where Croatian Serb forces Hostile_encounter employed Employment a human shield consisting Cause_to_be_included of Croat civilians taken Conquering from their homes in Struga and the nearby village of Zamlača .

The Croatian Serb rebels Hostile_encounter captured Conquering the police station in Glina , but were stopped Hindering in Struga before the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) arrived Arriving there to create Creating a buffer zone and , according to the JNA , assist Assistance the Croatian police to evacuate Escaping .

The Croatian Serb rebels Hostile_encounter captured Conquering the police station in Glina , but were stopped Hindering in Struga before the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) arrived Arriving there to create Creating a buffer zone and , according to the JNA , assist Assistance the Croatian police to evacuate Escaping .

The fighting Hostile_encounter resulted Causation the bulk of the region being transferred Giving to Croatian Serb and JNA control Control .

In the aftermath of the fighting Hostile_encounter , a number of Croatian Serb troops threatened Warning the regional commander in Dvor , blaming Judgment_communication him for the deaths Death of members of their unit in the fighting Hostile_encounter .

Croatian authorities filed Submitting_documents war crime charges against Dragan Vasiljković , specifically for leading Causation the attack Attack in Glina which resulted in Causation civilian deaths Death , as well as injuring Bodily_harm and killing Killing prisoners of war .

Following the independence Creating of Croatia from Yugoslavia , the monument was removed Removing by Croatian authorities in the town .

After the Croatian War Hostile_encounter of Independence Change_of_leadership , the local authorities failed to restore Preserving it and dismantled Destroying it instead .

Historians estimate Statement that up to half of Hungary 's then population of 2,000,000 were victims Death of the Mongol invasion Ottokar 's troops consisted of Bohemian-Moravian , German , Polish , Carinthian , Carniolan and Styrian forces , while Bela 's huge army gathered Come_together Hungarian , Slovak , Cuman , Russian , Polish , Bulgarian , Wallachian , Ukrainian ( Galician ) , Slavonian , Croatian , Bosnian , Serbian , Pecheneg and Szekler contingents .

Simultaneously , a multi-side civil war was waged between the Yugoslav communist Partisans , the Serbian royalist Chetniks , the Croatian fascist Ustashe and Home Guard , Serbian Volunteer Corps and State Guard , as well as Slovene Home Guard troops .

The 1991 siege of Kijevo was one of the earliest conflicts Hostile_encounter in the Croatian War of Independence .

The fighting in Kijevo was significant as one of the first instances when the JNA openly sided Self_motion with the SAO Krajina against Croatian authorities .

The Croatian police fled Escaping Kijevo towards the town of Drniš and the remaining Croatian population left Departing the village .

The Croatian police fled Escaping Kijevo towards the town of Drniš and the remaining Croatian population left Departing the village .

Croatian authorities tried Mladić `` in absentia '' and convicted Legal_rulings him for war crimes committed Commitment in Kijevo .

On 26–27 January , in violent attacks Attack , cars were damaged Damaging or set on fire Damaging , and several Croatian supporters were injured Bodily_harm .

In the semifinal match between Serbia and Croatia , Žarko Šešum , the back player of the Serbian team had his eye severely injured Bodily_harm after a bottle intended for Croatian player Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža was thrown Motion at him .

The Široka Kula massacre was the killing Killing of 41 civilians in the village of Široka Kula near Gospić , Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence .

They were perpetrated Committing_crime by the Croatian Serb SAO Krajina police and generally targeted Aiming ethnic Croat civilians in Široka Kula .

Several victims Catastrophe were ethnic Serbs suspected Suspicion by the police of collaboration Collaboration with Croatian authorities .

The Lovas killings ( , , ) involved Cause_to_be_included the killing Killing of 70 Croat civilian residents of the village of Lovas between 10–18 October 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

After the Croatian Serb forces , the JNA and the paramilitaries established Building their control Control in the village , the Croat population was required Imposing_obligation to wear white armbands and mark Recording their houses using Using white sheets .

The occupation of Lovas and the killing Killing and expulsion of its civilian population was included Cause_to_be_included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indictments of the President of Serbia , Slobodan Milošević , and Goran Hadžić , a high-ranking official of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia .

Operation Mistral 2 , officially codenamed Military_operation Operation Maestral 2 , was a Croatian Army ( HV ) and Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) offensive in western Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8–15 September 1995 as part of the Bosnian War .

Operation Mistral 2 , officially codenamed Military_operation Operation Maestral 2 , was a Croatian Army ( HV ) and Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) offensive in western Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8–15 September 1995 as part of the Bosnian War .

In 2011 , five former Croatian military personnel were convicted Legal_rulings of war crimes Committing_crime for the summary execution of five Bosnian Serb soldiers and a civilian during the operation .

In 2016 , Bosnian Serb officials filed Submitting_documents a criminal complaint against the Croatian Minister of Defence Defending , Damir Krstičević , alleging Judgment_communication that he had committed Committing_crime war crimes Committing_crime during the offensive .

The Croatian War Military_operation of Independence was fought Hostile_encounter from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared Expressing_publicly independence Change_of_leadership from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) and local Serb forces , with the JNA ending its combat Hostile_encounter operations Military_operation in Croatia by 1992 .

The war Military_operation ended Process_end with Croatian victory , as it achieved Achieve the goals it had declared Expressing_publicly at the beginning of the war Military_operation : independence Change_of_leadership and preservation Preserving of its borders .

The Serb and Croatian governments began Process_start to progressively cooperate Collaboration with each other but tensions remain Temporary_stay , in part due to verdicts by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) and lawsuits Legality filed Submitting_documents by each country against the other .

Operation Winter '94 ( , Операција Зима '94 ) was a joint military offensive Attack of the Croatian Army ( HV ) and the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) fought Hostile_encounter in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 29 November and 24 December 1994 .

Operation Winter '94 ( , Операција Зима '94 ) was a joint military offensive Attack of the Croatian Army ( HV ) and the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) fought Hostile_encounter in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 29 November and 24 December 1994 .

The operation formed Creating part of the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War fought Hostile_encounter between Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia and two unrecognized para-states proclaimed by Croatian Serbs and Bosnian Serbs .

The operation formed Creating part of the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War fought Hostile_encounter between Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia and two unrecognized para-states proclaimed by Croatian Serbs and Bosnian Serbs .

The JNA pulled out GiveUp in 1992 , but transferred Giving much of its equipment to the Bosnian Serb and Croatian Serb forces as it withdrew .

The secondary objective was threatening the single direct supply route between Drvar in the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska and Knin , the capital of the Croatian Serb Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) .

The attack failed Change to achieve Getting its primary objective but it brought Causation the Croatian forces within striking distance of the Drvar–Knin road .

The Croatian forces renewed Recovering their advance with Operation Leap 2 between 4 and 10 June , allowing Preventing_or_letting them to directly threaten Bosansko Grahovo on the Drvar–Knin road , and to secure Getting the remainder of the valley .

The improved Croatian dispositions around Livanjsko field provided Supply a springboard for further offensive action on this front during Operation Summer '95 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks ( ) was a series of engagements Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard ( `` Zbor narodne garde '' – ZNG , later renamed Name_conferral the Croatian Army ) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) on another .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks ( ) was a series of engagements Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard ( `` Zbor narodne garde '' – ZNG , later renamed Name_conferral the Croatian Army ) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) on another .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks ( ) was a series of engagements Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard ( `` Zbor narodne garde '' – ZNG , later renamed Name_conferral the Croatian Army ) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) on another .

The battle Hostile_encounter took place Process_start around numerous JNA posts in Croatia , starting Process_start when Croatian forces blockaded Besieging the JNA barracks , weapons storage depots and other facilities .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks was an escalation Preventing_or_letting of the conflict between Croatian authorities and the Croatian Serbs who openly revolted Change_of_leadership in August 1990 and the JNA 's efforts to preserve the Yugoslav federation .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks was an escalation Preventing_or_letting of the conflict between Croatian authorities and the Croatian Serbs who openly revolted Change_of_leadership in August 1990 and the JNA 's efforts to preserve the Yugoslav federation .

The move Motion provided Supply the Croatian forces Causation with a sizable stock of weaponsincluding 250 tanks , hundreds of artillery pieces and a large supply Supply of small arms and ammunitionwhich proved Convincing crucial in defending Defending against JNA advances in the early stage of the Croatian War of Independence .