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LIBERATION OF JNA MILITARY DEPOTS IN SESVETE IN 1991
Adrijan Lisičak
Sažetak
The author describes the conquest of the JNA military depots Duboki jarak (“Gliboki Jarek”), Sopnica and Šijavrh in Sesvete in September 1991., pointing out that, given the fact that the JNA attacks grew stronger and it became obviously that Serbia is not ready for a peaceful solution to the crisis, winning the JNA barracks and military depots imposed as the only solution to the current arming poorly equipped Croatian armed forces. Because of acquired war booty, author maintains that the conquest of the JNA barracks and military depots had strategic importance in the Homeland War. At that point taken personal and heavy weapons was of crucial importance for establishing the formations of the Croatian Army and Croatian Defense. According to the report on the progress of the action, in the JNA military depot Duboki Jarak Croatian Forces captured about 13,000 automatic weapons, hundreds of cannons and minethrowers of various calibers, some 80 different transportation vehicles, around 900-1000 tones of mines, and vast quantities of munitions and military equipment ranging from helmets and canned food to the office equipment. With the taken arms Croatian Armed Forces in autumn 1991. stopped the enemy forces in an attempt to reach Zagreb and joining forces with the JNA military facilities located in the Zagreb region, whose ultimate goal was to violently remove the democratically elected government in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
JNA; military depots; barracks; the Croatian Defense Forces; arms
Hrčak ID:
64301
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Datum izdavanja:
18.6.2010.
Posjeta: 7.539 *