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Battles of Glina (1991)

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The attack on the Croatian positions began, but tank support was absent as Drobnjak and his tank were moved to a new position. However, he managed to fire 4 rockets at the positions of the Croatian forces. It probably had a psychological effect on the Croatian forces leaving their positions and going
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entered the city, and with them 8 more volunteers. According to the statements of Vasiljković, they came to the reconnaissance and had no idea how many members of the Croatian forces were there, otherwise they would not have attacked the city if they had known that there were between 600 and 650.
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occupied the entire region of Glina, and this is indirectly confirmed by Croatian sources. In short-lived skirmishes, one Croatian policeman was killed, the one in command of the defense 'Tomislav Rom' and another wounded,
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In January 1991, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska Krajina was founded, which sought to unite all police stations that were not under the control of the authorities in
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against the joint forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Army. Two battles were fought in
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and both ended in serbian victories as they managed to capture of the police station, which became part of
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towards Jukinac, then Gornji and Donji Viduševac , and then completely leaving that territory.
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In the short-lived battle, 2 Serbian volunteers were killed, and 1 member of the
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took place on June 26 of 1991. During these clashes, an infantry group of the
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Exactly a month after the first battle, on July 26 of 1991, 21
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For this reason, a message was sent to the police stations in
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These volunteers managed to agree with the lieutenant of the
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Battles of Glina (1991) is located in Croatia
Glina
Croatia
Glina
Croatia
SAO Krajina
Glina
its police station
SAO Krajina
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Dragan Vasiljković
Bojan Drobnjak
Croatia

Croatia
Ivan Šantek
WIA
Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav Ground Forces
Krajina Territorial Defense
Patch of the Kninjas
Kninjas
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Croatian Police
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