Preliminary communication
General Čad’s warfare and the departure of the 13th JNA Corps from Croatia
Domagoj Štefančić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-545X
; Hrvatski memorijalno-dokumentacijski centar Domovinskog rata
Abstract
In order to be familiar with events in the Homeland War on the territory of western Croatia it is obligatory to assess the command and actions of the commandant of the 13th Rijeka Corps of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), the Lieutenant
General Marijan Čad. Up until the signature of the agreement with the representatives of the Croatian Government in November 1991 the General consistently
carried out tasks entrusted to him by the JNA commands that were his superior.
Commanding the troops in the territory of Lika and Gorski kotar he directed the
armed combat of the JNA and the rebelled Serbs troops within the attack operation at the Republic of Croatia in the autumn of 1991. By getting the troops of
the 13th Corps out of the area of Rijeka General Čad fulfilled his war mission and
most of all he kept his civil rights in the Republic of Croatia. He remained for the
many in the public opinion the saviour of the city of Rijeka from the destruction
of war. By considering the sequence of events and some lesser known facts the paper endeavours to give the complete picture and the based assessment of his role
and responsibility in war conflicts until the signature of the agreement regarding
the 13th Corps departing from Croatia.
Keywords
Lika; Gorski kotar; Rijeka; 13th Corps; General Čad; agreement
Hrčak ID:
235652
URI
Publication date:
10.3.2020.
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