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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
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 majority of these Russian volunteers arrived in 1992 and 1993. [7]
[94] [104] [105] Between 82 and 88 Croatian civilians were killed in the siege, [75] as were 194 Croatian military personnel. [106] Ninety-four Croatian soldiers were killed between October and December 1991. [107] A total of 417 were killed in all military operations around Dubrovnik by the end of October 1992. [108] The JNA suffered 165 ...
End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Western Front) Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist governments in countries including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany; SR Croatia becomes a federal constituent of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
The Serb Volunteer Guard [a] was an elite Serbian volunteer paramilitary unit founded and led by Željko Ražnatović (better known as "Arkan"). It was recognized for its superior bearing and discipline, fighting in the Croatian War and the Bosnian War during the Yugoslav Wars. [4]
This is a list of Croatian soldiers, and it includes military personnel of Croatian origin ranging from early mediaeval times to contemporary Croatian armies. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
At the request of Serbian prisoners of war captured from the Austro-Hungarian army, Serbian consul in Russia Marko Cemović seized the opportunity to present a proposal for a Serbian volunteer corps directly to Tsar Nicholas II during a military parade in Odessa. On 7 November 1915, the Tsar approved the formation of Serbian volunteer units in ...
The Belgrade offensive or the Belgrade strategic offensive operation (Serbo-Croatian: Beogradska operacija / Београдска операција; Russian: Белградская стратегическая наступательная операция, Belgradskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya) (15 September 1944 – 24 November 1944) [9] was a military operation during ...