►

Video Summary

Data

Name: Republic of Croatia

Type: Polity

Start: 1991 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: croatia

Statistics

All Statistics: All Statistics

Republic of Croatia

This article is about the specific polity Republic of Croatia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

Is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. Its coast lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. It emerged from the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1991.

Establishment

June 1991: Independence of Croatia.

June 1991: Having proclaimed autonomy from the government of Croatia in 1990, it was de facto self-ruling when croatia declared indipendence.

June 1991: Eastern Slavonia boke away from Croatia the same day of its indipendence.

August 1991: Formation of Western Slavonia.

September 1991: Battle of Zadar.

September 1991: The SAO of Krajina captured Drniš on 18 September.

September 1991: In Banovina, the SAO of Krajina captured Petrinja.

September 1991: The Knin Corps captured Lovinac.

September 1991: Battle of Gospić.

September 1991: JNA artillery attacked the village of Vitaljina in the eastern part of Konavle.

September 1991: In Banovina, the JNA reached the Kupa River and captured its entire southern bank, except for ZNG bridgeheads in the areas of Nebojan, Sunja and Sisak, on 30 September.

October 1991: On 4 October, the JNA 2nd Corps captured Slano.

October 1991: The SAO of Krajina captured Jasenovac on 8 October.

October 1991: A day after Milošević declined the Croatian offer, the JNA 9th Boka Kotorska VPS force captured Cavtat.

October 1991: The Yugoslav People's Army were pushed away from Grubišno Polje.

November 1991: The mountains of Papuk and Bilogora, north of Pakrac where the Croatian Serb militia was not supported by the JNA, were brought under Croatian control in the same period.

November 1991: Croatian forces take Nova Gradiška.

November 1991: JNA captured Slunj on 17 November.

November 1991: Cetingrad conquered by SAO of Krajina.

December 1991: Lipik was recaptured by the Croatian forces, now renamed the Croatian Army (HV), in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence.

December 1991: Lipik was recaptured by the Croatian forces, now renamed the Croatian Army (HV), in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. This marked a significant victory for Croatia in reclaiming territory from Serbian forces.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Yugoslav Wars

Were a series of independence wars and insurgencies that resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia.

September 1995: Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia was a short-lived Serb parallel entity in the territory of Croatia.

1.1.Croatian War of Independence

Was a war between the government of Croatia (that had recently gained its independency from Yugoslavia) and several local Serb forces.

1.1.1.Indipendence and breakaway regions in Croatia

Several territories seceded from Croatia when the country became independent from Yugoslavia.

1.1.2.Offensive by the SAO of Krajina

Was a military offensive by the Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina during the Croatian War of Independence. .

1.1.3.Croatian Counteroffensive in Western Slavonia

Was a Croatian offensive against the breakaway Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia during the Croatian War of Independence.

1.1.4.Croatian Final Offensives

Were the final Croatian military offensives against local Serbian forces during the Croatian War of Independence.

June 1992: Battle of the Miljevci Plateau.

February 1993: Operation Maslenica.

April 1995: Operation Leap 1.

May 1995: Operation Bljesak.

June 1995: Operation Leap 2.

July 1995: Operation Summer '95 was a military offensive conducted by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

August 1995: Operation Storm offensive launched by Croatian forces in August 1995.

1.1.5.Erdut Agreement

Was an agreement reached on 12 November 1995 between the authorities of the Republic of Croatia and the local Serb authorities of the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia region on the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence in eastern Croatia.

January 1998: Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia reintagrated into Croatia.

1.2.Bosnian War

Was a civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, that had recently gained its independence from Yugoslavia. It involved several actors, but mainly pitted the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina against the de facto independent regions of Herzeg-Bosnia and Republika Srpska.

1.2.1.Operation Jackal

Was a military offensive by Bosnia-Herzegovina government forces against the Republika Srpska during the Croatian War of Independence.

June 1992: JNA activity ended.