Past and Present of Warfare
Tag: Homeland War
Among the Croatian Left and also in the West, there is a widespread idea that the Croatian Homeland War was a civil war (see: Index, and other far-Left media, as well as foreign Left-leaning media such as BBC and CNN). Faktograf, a Left-leaning fact checker, stated that the war was a civil war until 8th … Continue reading Croatian Homeland War Was Not a Civil War
Croatian Defense Forces (HOS – Hrvatske Obrambene Snage) were the paramilitary force of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) and also one of the first organized paramilitary units operational in the Homeland War in Croatia and BiH, having been founded in 1991. In 1992., during reorganization of Croatian forces, Croatian Defense Forces were integrated with … Continue reading HOS – Croatian Defense Forces
Serbia had played a key role in forming SAO Krajina, so question is, why it did little to nothing to help Serbs in Krajina in 1995, when Operation Storm was wiping out the pseudo-state? The reason lay several years in the past. In the year 1989., a part of Serbs in Croatia had joined the … Continue reading Why Serbia Did Not Help Serb Krajina
Croatian MiG-21s had utilized numerous different tactical moves during the Operation Storm – some of which were new for MiG-21 pilots. Even though these were really old tactics by global standards, they had completely redefined usage of MiG-21 aircraft. Through liberation of Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoč in BiH, as well as mobilization of its forces, … Continue reading MiG-21 Tactics in the Operation Storm
Prelude Serb rebellion against Croatia had been stoked by Belgrade in support of its own expansionist plans. Serbia's goal was to use the Serbs in Croatia as a fifth column, with rebellion and establishment of SAO Krajina eventually leading to an outcome where Serb areas on Croatia and Bosnia would be annexed by Serbia itself, … Continue reading Operation Flash 1995 – Part 1
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