BRANITELJI BENKOVAČKOGA KRAJA U DOMOVINSKOM RATU
Croatian War Veterans of the Benkovac Area in the Croatian War of Independence

Summary/Abstract: Based on the authentic testimonies of war commanders – witnesses to war, and analytical content analysis of the literature describing the war circumstances influencing events in the Benkovac area, as well as by accessing available archives, in this article the author traces the steps of the territorial army units whose members during the Croatian War of Independence were the Benkovac veterans. First they gathered in the Independent Benkovac-Stankovac Batallion affiliated with the 134th Brigade, and then due to the arrival of the UN troups and the reconstitution of the Croatian Army (HV) they transferred to the Independent Benkovac Home Guard Batallion in mid 1992 which then affiliated with the 134th Home Guard Regiment when it was constituted. The names of the units changed but it was mostly the same population that left the occupied territory of the former municipality of Benkovac. The defense positions where the Benkovac veterans were stationed throughout most of the war were on the south side of Ravni kotari (the area from Pristeg to Stankovci). They also took part in the defense of the Stankovac and Biograd areas and in the military liberation operations Maslenica, Oluja and Maestral. The most famous event the Benkovac veterans participated in was the Oluja operation which brought them home.

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