Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.50.1.3
THE POCKET-93 MILITARY-POLICE OPERATION - TACTICAL LEVEL ANALYSIS
Zdravko Matić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0552-9926
; Hrvatsko vojno učilište "Dr. Franjo Tuđman"
Juraj Kostenko
; Hrvatsko vojno učilište "Dr. Franjo Tuđman"
Abstract
The war in Croatia began with the aggression of the Yugoslav People’s Army and Serbian rebels in 1991 on Croatian towns, settlements and villages. As a consequence of the aggression against the Republic of Croatia, battlefields were formed as early as 1991. One of the most active was the Lika battlefield where, after a series of preparations, the quick and effective military-police operation called Pocket-93 was carried out. The operation was carried out on 9th September 1993, and its goal was to tactically liberate a part of the occupied territory of the Republic of Croatia, to eliminate part of the artillery threat from the town of Gospić, to destroy the enemy’s
reconnaissance and sabotage bases, to shorten the frontline and to create its own free forces. One of the more important goals was to demonstrate the ability of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia to carry out an offensive operation and thereby let the enemy know that their hostile military activities would no longer be tolerated with impunity. Based on archival material and recent literature, the authors have analysed the Pocket-93 military-police operation and its tactical and operational significance.
Keywords
Homeland War; Croatian Army; Lika; the Pocket-93 military-police operation; peace agreement
Hrčak ID:
312074
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Publication date:
22.12.2023.
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