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JNA positions overlooking Dubrovnik, 9 December 1991. Three 9K11 Malyutka anti-tank guided missiles in a firing position are visible. The JNA tasked the 2nd Titograd Corps and the 9th Boka Kotorska Military-Maritime Sector (VPS)—both of which were elements of the 2nd Operational Group—with cutting off and capturing the Dubrovnik area.
Pavle Strugar (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Стругар; 13 July 1933 – 12 December 2018) was a Montenegrin general in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) who was found guilty of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his role in the siege of Dubrovnik.
Dubrovnik Annals is an annual peer-reviewed [1] academic journal established in 1997. It covers all aspects of the history and culture of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Republic . It is published by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 's Institute for Historical Sciences [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the editor-in-chief is Vladimir Stipetić.
The blockade, except for that of Dubrovnik, was lifted on 11 October. The final blockade, restricting access to Rijeka, Zadar, Šibenik and Split in addition to Dubrovnik, started on 8 November. [66] On 15 November, the Yugoslav Navy sustained losses when it unsuccessfully attacked Split and the island of Brač. [58]
The names Dubrovnik and Ragusa co-existed for several centuries.Ragusa, recorded in various forms since at least the 10th century (in Latin, Dalmatian, Italian; in Venetian: Raguxa), remained the official name of the Republic of Ragusa until 1808, and of the city within the Kingdom of Dalmatia until 1918, while Dubrovnik, first recorded in the late 12th century, was in widespread use by the ...
Clockwise from top left: The central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš; soldiers of the Croatian Army preparing to destroy a Serb tank; A destroyed Yugoslav People's Army tank
Event 1403: 5 August: Hungarian nobles opposed to Sigismund crowned Ladislaus King. 1406: Hermann II, Count of Celje became Ban of Croatia. 1408: Hermann left office. 1409: Ladislaus sold his rights on Dalmatia to Venice. [25] 1437: 9 December: Sigismund died. 1438: 1 January: Sigismund's son-in-law Albert II of Germany was crowned King of ...
The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (pronounced [dǔbroːʋniːk-něreːtʋa]; Croatian: Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija, pronounced [dǔbroʋat͡ʃko-nerěːtʋanskaː ʒupǎnija]) is the southernmost county of Croatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče.