After this failed , Serb forces Causation established Creating the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) within Croatia .

During that time , the RSK encompassed Surrounding , more than a quarter of Croatia .

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 ) .

It was a decisive victory Getting for the Croatian Army ( HV ) , which attacked Attack across a front against the Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) , and a strategic victory for the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) .

The operation built Building on HV and HVO advances made Causation during Operation Summer '95 , when strategic positions allowing the rapid capture of the RSK capital Knin were gained Getting , and on the continued arming and training of the HV since the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence , when the RSK was created Creating during the Serb Log revolution and Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) intervention .

The operation built Building on HV and HVO advances made Causation during Operation Summer '95 , when strategic positions allowing the rapid capture of the RSK capital Knin were gained Getting , and on the continued arming and training of the HV since the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence , when the RSK was created Creating during the Serb Log revolution and Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) intervention .

The RSK relied Supply on the Republika Srpska and Yugoslav militaries as its strategic reserve , but they did not intervene Hindering in the battle .

The HV/HVO pushed Motion the VRS back , capturing Conquering about of territory and consequently intercepting the KninDrvar roada critical supply Supply route of the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) .

Operation Summer '95 was launched Process_start in response Response to the resumption of attacks Attack by the VRS and the RSK military on the Bihać pocketone of six United Nations Safe Areas established Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The international community feared Change_sentiment the worst humanitarian disaster Catastrophe of the war Hostile_encounter to that point would occur Presence if the RSK or the VRS overran the Bihać pocket .