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The Croatian War of Independence [I] was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia — which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) — and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending ...
The Kninjas (Serbian: Книнџе / Knindže), also known as the Red Berets, was a Serb paramilitary unit and a volunteer militia supporting the Army of Serb Krajina during the Croatian War of Independence. It was based in Knin, the capital of breakaway SAO Krajina that became the Republic of Serb Krajina (RSK).
Third Croatian-Bulgarian War: Kingdom of Croatia: First Bulgarian Empire: Victory: c. 1040–1185 Byzantine–Norman wars: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Sicily Lombard duchies Papal States. Kingdom of Croatia Raška and Duklja. Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice Holy Roman Empire: Victory: 1091–1102 War of the Croatian Succession: Kingdom of ...
There were around 700 former JNA officers, mostly from Serbia and Montenegro, that fought on the Yugoslav side. [6]A small number of Russian volunteers, from Russia and other states of the former USSR, fought for the armed forces of Yugoslavia or the Republic of Serbian Krajina, as well as for Serbian paramilitary groups, such as the Serbian Volunteer Guard, led by Arkan.
The GS Cap was not popular, and after the war was replaced with a true beret. [62] [63] Today, English and Welsh military units wear a beret (the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Royal Irish Regiment and London Irish, wear the tam o'shanter and the caubeen respectively, the Scots Guards and Irish Guards, however, wear berets).
President Franjo Tuđman in 1997. In November 1995 the war in Croatia ended. Around 20,000 people were killed in the war, while official figures on wartime damage published in Croatia in 1996 specify 180,000 destroyed housing units, 25% of the Croatian economy destroyed, and US$27 billion of material damage. [1]
Ms Clinton warned people to be wary of those promoting disinformation saying there were nation states, terrorists and “other actors” who were trying to tell a “version of reality that is not ...
In 2003 at the ICTY while under cross-examination by Slobodan Milošević, it was revealed that General Janko Bobetko, former Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army accused Imra Agotić, first commander of the Croatian Air Force and Defence of ordering the bombing of the refugee column. Agotić denied any involvement.