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Roza Miletić (born 1934), better known as Teta Roza (lit. Aunt Roza), is a veteran of the Croatian War of Independence known for capturing a tank and a Yugoslav pilot. Miletić was born in Rastoke near Slunj. Her mother left her and her father was killed by the Yugoslav Partisans while serving as a Croatian Home Guard during World War II.
Stjepan Mesić on Belgrade's intentions in the war In August 1990, an unrecognized mono-ethnic referendum was held in regions with a substantial Serb population which would later become known as the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) (bordering western Bosnia and Herzegovina) on the question of Serb "sovereignty and autonomy" in Croatia. This was an attempt to counter changes made to the ...
879 killed, 770 wounded. 1,131 civilians killed, 550 civilians missing [3] The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991. Before the Croatian War of Independence the Baroque town was a prosperous ...
The Battle of the Barracks ( Croatian: Bitka za vojarne) was a series of engagements that occurred in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard (ZNG, later renamed the Croatian Army) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) on the other. The battle took place around numerous JNA posts in Croatia ...
The Lora prison camp was a prison camp in Split, Croatia. It was active from 1992 to 1997 with mainly Serbian residents of Split and prisoners of war being imprisoned throughout the Croatian War of Independence. The camp was the site of human rights abuses resulting in a controversial trial, acquittal, retrial and conviction of prison guards .
The Battle of Hrvatska Kostajnica was a military engagement fought between SAO Krajina and Croatian forces. Fought between Late July, 1991 to Early September of 1991. Croatian forces had successfully defended the town for months, briefly abandoning it. [1] Since Croatian president Franjo Tuđman was inspecting troops in Hrvatska Kostajnica, [2 ...
2 May 1991. Borovo Selo killings [7] [8] 6 May 1991. Protest against Yugoslav People's Army in Split. 25 June 1991. Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence [9] [10] 7 July 1991. Croatian independence suspended for three months through Brioni Agreement. 26–27 July 1991.
The Battle of Logorište was fought east of Duga Resa and south of Karlovac, Croatia, from 4–6 November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence, between the Croatian National Guard ( Zbor narodne garde – ZNG) and the Yugoslav People's Army ( Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA). The ZNG placed the JNA-held Logorište barracks under a ...