The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 after Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, pitting Croatian government forces against the Yugoslav People's Army and Serb rebel forces that established the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina within Croatian territory in areas with a substantial ethnic Serb population. The war included prolonged sieges such as that of the city of Vukovar in 1991 and years of largely static frontline fighting punctuated by periods of intense violence. Decisive Croatian offensives in 1995, Operations Flash and Storm, rapidly recaptured nearly all rebel-held territory, effectively ending the war and precipitating the mass displacement of much of the region's Serb population.
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CombatantsCroatia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republic of Serbian Krajina 1 Classification
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1. Croatian War of Independence - Wikipedia
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Croatia declared independence on June 25, 1991, but agreed to postpone it with the Brioni Agreement and cut all remaining ties with Yugoslavia on October 8, 1991.
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In 1995, Croatia launched two major offensives known as Operation Flash and Operation Storm; these offensives effectively ended the war in its favor.
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Over 20,000 people were killed in the war
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The Croatian War of Independence 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 its combat operations by 1992.
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The Croatian War of Independence 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 its combat operations by 1992.
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Wikipedia: 9M14 Malyutka
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During the Yugoslav wars, the PT-76 served with the Yugoslav People's Army and later the army of the Krajina Serbs in a few battles during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991) and Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995).
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BRDM-2 armoured scout cars were used by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) during the Ten-Day War as well as the initial operations in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence.
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