What is the storm war in Croatia and what is its impact?

Since mid-September, the reinforcements of the South People's Army have entered Croatia from many directions. General Kadijevic, Minister of National Defense, publicly announced that the main tasks of the South People's Army will include: establishing effective control over crisis areas; Protect the Serbian Autonomous Region; Rescue the besieged confederate barracks. The Yugoslav army's plan includes: in northern Croatia, using powerful armored mechanized troops, first attacking Eastern Slavonia, then advancing westward to attack Eastern Slavonia and going straight to Zagreb; Along the Adriatic Sea, the Yugoslav army will cut off its east-west traffic, surround Dubrovnik, an important town along the Adriatic Sea in Croatia, and then push westward to the Noeilat Valley, eventually forcing Croatia to surrender.

With the full involvement of the Yugoslav People's Army, the situation in Croatia has gone from bad to worse. In Eastern Slavonia, the troops of the South 12 Army and the 1 Guards Mechanized Division captured all the Baranja area, and then the main force of the 12 Army surrounded Vukovar, while the 1 Guards Mechanized Division continued to advance westward. In the west of Lavonia, the troops of the 5 th Army of the South tried to rescue the 32 nd Army trapped in Varazdin, but failed. After the surrender of the 32nd Army, the 5th Army of the South turned to surround Okuchani and its vicinity.

In central Croatia, the South 5 Military Region, surrounded by Zagreb, is responsible for commanding the operations of the South 10 Army, the South 13 Army and some troops of the 32nd Army in this area, and raided Zagreb from west to east. On the southern border of Serbia, the troops of the 37th Army of the VJ surrounded Dubrovnik on September 24th. Along the Adriatic Sea, the Ninth Army of the South set out from Krajina and Bosnia and Herzegovina and attacked southern Croatia. On the Adriatic Sea, the navy of the Yugoslav People's Army sent a fleet to block the Croatian coast from September 17 to provide fire support for the Yugoslav army from the sea.

199 1 On September 22nd, 2000, the Yugoslav army attacked Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and officially began to become a war between the regular armies of Croatia and Serbia. The fiercest area of war is Slavonia, where most Serbs live, close to Serbia. Residents in this area suddenly turned against their neighbors because of different nationalities, and the residents took up arms and attacked each other.

1 June1day, Pakrac, an important grain-producing area in central Croatia, was occupied by the People's Army, and the Yugoslav Army advanced to an area 50 kilometers away from Zagreb; 654381October 6, Yugoslav Air Force fighters raided the Croatian Presidential Palace in Zagreb. The presidential palace was hit by a bomb, but President tudjman survived. In Dubrovnik, the Yugoslav People's Army simultaneously shelled and bombed the city from the ground, sea and air. The Yugoslav army also used surface-to-surface missiles to attack targets near the city. A large number of Croats hid in international hotels by the sea, hoping that the hotel's foreigner status would protect them from war.

165438+ 10/6, the Bolovo fortress near Vukovar was occupied; 165438+1October 18. Vukovar, who persisted for three months, was captured by the People's Army and the 204th Brigade of the Croatian National Guard was destroyed. About 1000 Croatian soldiers were killed, 1000 people were captured and 2000 people surrendered. Eastern Slavonia completely fell into the hands of the Yugoslav army. The battle was made into a movie and shocked the world.