“The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.” – General Colin Powell

  • View media
  • View media
  • View media
  • View media
  • View media
  • View media
Report RSS Operation Storm (view original)
Operation Storm
embed
share
view previous next
Share Image
Share on Facebook Post Email a friend
Embed Image
Post comment Comments
Degman(D-Man)
Degman(D-Man)

Svaki put' kada vidim HIND-ove bude mi ih žao, kao i naših OS. :| Ne kužim koji maloumnik jednostavno ostavi jedne od najboljih borbenih helikoptera na svijetu - da samo istrunu.

Reply Good karma Bad karma+3 votes
Post a comment

Your comment will be anonymous unless you join the community. Or sign in with your social account:

Description

was the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence. It was a decisive victory of the Croatian Army (HV), which attacked across a 630-kilometre (390 mi) frontage against the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK). The HV was supported by the Croatian special police advancing from the Velebit Mountain, and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) located in the Bihać pocket, in the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina (ARSK) rear. The battle, launched to restore Croatian control of 10,400 square kilometres (4,000 square miles) of territory, representing 18.4% of the country, was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Operation Storm commenced at dawn on 4 August 1995 and was declared complete on the evening of 7 August, despite significant mopping-up operations against pockets of resistance lasting until 14 August.

Operation Storm was also a strategic victory in the Bosnian War as the siege of Bihać was lifted and the HV, Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the ARBiH were placed in a position to change the military balance of power in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the subsequent Operation Mistral 2. The operation built on HV and HVO advances gained during Operation Summer '95 when strategic positions allowing the rapid capture of the RSK capital Knin were gained, and on the continued arming and training of the HV since the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence, when the RSK was created during the Serb rebellion and Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) intervention. The operation itself followed an unsuccessful United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission and diplomatic efforts to settle the conflict.

The HV's success was a result of a series of improvements to the HV itself, and crucial breakthroughs made in the ARSK positions that were subsequently exploited by the HV and the ARBiH. The attack was not immediately successful at all points, but seizing key positions led to the collapse of the ARSK command structure and overal