After the JNA captured Conquering Vukovar on 18 November 1991 , Osijek was the next target Aiming for its campaign Military_operation in Croatia .

Some areas of Yugoslavia were annexed Attack by neighboring Axis countries , some areas remained Presence occupied , and in other areas Axis puppet states such as the Independent State of Croatia ( , or NDH ) were created Creating during the invasion Attack on 10 April .

By the end Process_end of the year the HV gained Getting control Control of Papuk , securing transport Sending routes between eastern Slavonia and the rest of Croatia .

The refugees initially fled Escaping to Bosnia and Herzegovina , but the majority were soon settled in the JNA-held Baranja region of eastern Croatia .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between Croatian police and armed forces from the Croatian Serb-established SAO Krajina at the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia , on 31 March 1991 .

The fighting Hostile_encounter followed the SAO Krajina 's takeover of the Plitvice Lakes National Park and resulted in Causation Croatia recapturing Control the area .

The JNA arrived at Arriving the scene the following day and presented Presence Croatia with an ultimatum requesting Request the police to withdraw Escaping .

While Israel finished Process_end last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007 .

Operation Alfa ( ; ) was an offensive Military_operation carried out Military_operation in early October 1942 by Italian , Croatian and Chetnik forces against the communist-led Partisans in the Prozor region ( today in Bosnia and Herzegovina ) , then a part of the Croatian puppet state , the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) .

The wars Hostile_encounter were dominated Control by land campaigns Military_operation in Hungary , including Transylvania ( today in Romania ) and Vojvodina ( today in Serbia ) , Croatia and central Serbia .

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Recovering Yugoslavia 's former position in Group C in 1995 , while breakaway nations Croatia and Slovenia would appear Presence in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship .

Operation Military_operation Southeast Croatia ( ) was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation Military_operation conducted Action in the southeastern parts of the Independent State of Croatia ( , NDH ) , ( modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina ) during World War II .

Operation Military_operation Southeast Croatia ( ) was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation Military_operation conducted Action in the southeastern parts of the Independent State of Croatia ( , NDH ) , ( modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina ) during World War II .

Several days after the conclusion of Operation Southeast Croatia , a follow-up operation known as Operation Ozren was carried out Action between the Bosna and Spreča rivers .

The failure Earnings_and_losses of the Axis forces to decisively engage the Partisans during these operations necessitated Causation a further major offensive , Operation Trio , in the area immediately south of where Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren had taken place Process_start .

Operation Military_operation Trio ( ) was the first large-scale joint Collaboration German-Italian counter-insurgency operation of World War II conducted Action in the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) , which included Cause_to_be_included modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The Voćin massacre was the killing Killing of 43 civilians in Voćin , Croatia , by the Serbian White Eagles paramilitary unit on 13 December 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

In 2015 , the International Court of Justice ruled Legal_rulings that the massacre in Voćin was not an example of genocide , and stated Statement that Croatia has not produced Manufacturing sufficient evidence to substantiate its claim that Croats were killed Killing by Serb forces in that locality in December 1991 .

By 1992 , Yugoslavia had split into five successor states , namely Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia , Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , which was later renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 and eventually split in 2006 into two states , Serbia and Montenegro .

Operation Tiger ( ) was a Croatian Army ( HV ) offensive Attack conducted Action in areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Dubrovnik between 1 and 13 July 1992 .

Srb uprising Change_of_leadership ( ) was a rebellion against the Independent State of Croatia ( , NDH ) that began Process_start on 27 July 1941 in Srb , a village in the region of Lika .

Until 1990 , 27 July was a national holiday in the Socialist Republic of Croatia called Name_conferral `` Uprising Day of the People of Croatia '' .

Until 1990 , 27 July was a national holiday in the Socialist Republic of Croatia called Name_conferral `` Uprising Day of the People of Croatia '' .

After the independence of Croatia , 22 June was chosen Choosing as the Anti-Fascist Struggle Day and a national holiday .

The Dalj massacre was the killing Killing of 56 or 57 Croats in Dalj , Croatia on 1 August 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The SAO SBWS was declared Expressing_publicly an autonomous territory in eastern Croatia following the Battle of Borovo Selo just to the south of Dalj .

The killings Killing were extensively covered Creating by German media leading to Causation forming Creating of a public opinion in support Supporting of Croatia .

By the end of 1991 , Germany adopted Choosing support Supporting for diplomatic recognition of Croatia as its policy and duty .

It is named Name_conferral for the Uskoks , soldiers from Croatia used by the Austrians for irregular warfare .

The Gospić massacre was the killing Killing of 100–120 civilians in Gospić , Croatia during the last two weeks of October 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

Among other business , Croatia and Albania were invited Request to join Becoming_a_member the alliance .

The Germans engaged 15,000 soldiers , the Independent State of Croatia about 21,000 soldiers , the Chetniks about 2,000 soldiers , and the Hungarians participated with 5 monitor ships .

Zagreb was the capital city of the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) , a puppet state of Nazi Germany .

Slovakia , Belarus , Croatia , and Estonia all debuted Process_start in Group C , the Slovaks winning Getting the top group , the Estonians winning Getting the bottom group that would be called Group D in two years .

The three HV offensives launched Process_start in Western Slavonia in late-1991 led to Causation the displacement of approximately 20,000 Croatian Serb refugees who were later settled Resolve_problem in the JNA-held Baranja region in eastern Croatia .

In immediate aftermath , Tuđman remarked Statement that the attack Attack was apparently meant to destroy Destroying the Banski dvori as the seat of the statehood of Croatia .

Marković blamed Judgment_communication Yugoslav Defence Secretary General Veljko Kadijević , who denied the accusation and suggested Convincing the event was staged by Croatia .

Operation Military_operation Medak Pocket ( , Операција Медачки џеп ) was a military operation undertaken by the Croatian Army between 9 – 17 September 1993 , in which a salient reaching Arriving the south suburbs of Gospić , in the south-central Lika region of Croatia then under the control Control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina , was attacked Attack by Croatian forces .

Croatia believes 61 others were buried Placing in a different grave on the site , while ICTY prosecutors believe Know that figure stands at 60 .

In February 2015 , the International Court of Justice ruled Control that the siege , massacre and simultaneous atrocities committed Committing_crime elsewhere in Croatia did not constitute genocide .

Operation Rösselsprung ( Knight 's move ) was a combined Cause_to_amalgamate airborne and ground assault Attack by the German XV Mountain Corps and their allies on the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans located in the Bosnian town of Drvar in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II .

The ground forces included Cause_to_be_included Home Guard forces of the Independent State of Croatia along with collaborationist Chetniks .

In the second phase of the offensive , the VRS reached Arriving the Sava River , the border with Croatia , and destroyed Destroying a bridgehead held Defending by the HV and the HVO at Bosanski Brod .

The Group A tournament was contested Competition in Zagreb , Croatia .

Croatia and Israel finished Process_end atop of Group A and Group B respectively , gaining Getting promotion to Division I for 2006 .

The main belligerents were the forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and those of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina , Republika Srpska and Herzeg-Bosnia , which were led Causation and supplied Supply by Serbia and Croatia , respectively .