Original scientific paper
ACTIVITIES OF YUGOSLAVIAN NATIONAL ARMY AND REBELLIOUS SERBS IN LIKA 1990-1992
DAVOR MARIJAN
Abstract
Based on the archive sources the author highlights the activities of the Yugoslavian National Army (JNA) and rebellious Serbs in Lika from August 1990 til May 1992. Soon after the democratic elections and the win of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Lika became one of the most problematic parts of Republic of Croatia. Very soon the majority of the local communities with majority of Serbian inhabitants gave support to the political activity of Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) which in 1990 resulted with the establishment of the Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina (Border Zone) which a year later was proclaimed as the Republic of Serpska Krajina (Serbian Border Zone). The dominant role played JNA in this process was significant that from the springtime 1991 by its system of ‘buffer zones’ stopped the introduction of legal system of the Republic of Croatia in the rebellious zones. Furthermore, this allowed rebellious Serbs further expansion to the surrounded areas which in 1991 grew into open war. Although Lika was in all of Great Serbia programmes of JNA and rebellious Serbs, they did not succeed to achieve their goal in 1991 which was to gain Karlobag as one of the ‘border’ points of the planners in Belgrade.
Keywords
Jugoslavian National Army; rebellious Serbs; Lika; 1990-1992
Hrčak ID:
17733
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2006.
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