Founding and fall of the territorial defense of the Serbian Autonomous Region of Western Slavonia in 1991 Cover Image

Ustrojavanje i raspad teritorijalne obrane Srpske autonomne oblasti (SAO) Zapadne Slavonije 1991. godine
Founding and fall of the territorial defense of the Serbian Autonomous Region of Western Slavonia in 1991

Author(s): Jakša Raguž
Subject(s): Military history, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Matica hrvatska Daruvar
Keywords: Western Slavonia; 1991; Territorial Defense;

Summary/Abstract: This article portrays the basic structure of the Territorial Defense of the Western Slavonia SAR during 1991 and the circumstances of its disappearance during the end of that year. Territorially speaking, this defense covered the area from Gradiška – Novljana Posavina to Bilogora and Papuk mountains. However, keeping in mind that the Janković magazine primarily covers the middle and northern portion of Western Slavonia, the article will not show the defense structures in the Gradiška – Novljana Posavina itself. Also, the defense structures mentioned here persevered, unlike those in the north, which were destroyed as a result of Croatian victories. As was the case of SARs in Krajina, the Western Slavonia SAR had the TD, along with the police, as the basic military organization of rebelled Serbs.

  • Issue Year: I/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 181-194
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian
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