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The HVO had military control of Vareš and was pressured by the ARBiH to resubordinate from the HVO's Central Bosnia Operational Zone to the ARBiH 2nd Corps. The Croats in Vareš attempted to balance their relationship with the Bosniaks and Herzeg-Bosnia.
Pressured and contained by heavily armed Serb forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, the ethnic Croat militia forces – the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) – shifted their focus from defending their parts of Bosnia from Serbs to trying to capture remaining territory held by the Bosnian Army.
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- 1993 Restructuring
- HVO Aviation
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The HVO was established on 8 April 1992 in Grude by the political leadership of Croats, mainly members of Croatian Democratic Union as the official military formation of Herzeg-Bosnia.[citation needed]On 15 May 1992 the HVO Department of Defense was established. By that time the HVO Main Staff, Main Logistics Base, Military Police, and Personnel Ad...
April 1992 – July 1993, Brigadier general Milivoj Petković;July – November 1993, Mayor general Slobodan Praljak;November 1993 – April 1994, Lieutenant general Ante Roso;April 1994 – August 1994, Major general Milivoj Petković;HVO was located in Mostar and was divided into four corps-status operational zones: 1OZ/South-Eastern (Herzegovina) and 2OZ/North-Western Herzegovina, 3OZ/Central Bosnia and 4OZ/Posavina. While first three zones were grouped more or less together, Posavina was completely isolated in northern Bosnia on right bank of Sava river around Orašje and was ...
In 1993 General Ante Roso restructured the HVO along the lines of the Croatian Army (HV). The four OZ's were designated as Corps Districts Mostar, Tomislavgrad, Vitez and Orašje. Orašje included a much reduced Bosanska Posavina. Four Guards Brigades were formed, each manned by full-time professional soldiers. 29 brigades were reformed as three-batt...
The HVO Air Forces and Anti-aircraft Artillery was formed in 1992 and consisted of the 11th Combined Squadron, operated helicopters and transports, and the 121st Observation Squadron which operated various civilian light aircraft in an observation and communications role. There was also the 14th Anti-aircraft Missile Unit which operated several dif...
Works cited
1. Central Intelligence Agency (1993). Combatant Forces in the Former Yugoslavia (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2016-02-27. 2. Shrader, Charles R. (2003). The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Central Bosnia: A Military History, 1992–1994. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-261-4. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-09-27. 1. Bethlehem, Daniel; Weller, Marc (1997). T...
Apr 26, 2024 · Later into the war, ARBIH also resisted Croat forces (known as HVO) whose goal was creating a Greater Croatia, directed by Zagreb. The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo in September...
- Mersiha Gadzo
The penultimate chapter of his book, Crime and Punishment, is a thematic treatment of the war crimes committed by both sides. Marijan argues his claim by simply listing a number of criminal acts perpetrated by the HVO and the ARBiH, including killings, unlawful detention centers, and ethnic cleansing operations.
Jun 14, 2020 · Furthermore, the ARBiH began to rein in the criminal gangs that had been essential to the early Sarajevo defense but were now a liability. This increase in capability enabled the ARBiH to take the offensive in some areas, although the Serbs consolidated their hold on eastern Bosnia.
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Despite the loss of several enclaves, notably Srebrenica, 1995 was marked by HVO and ARBiH offensives and later by NATO intervention. The Croatian army, with cooperation from ARBiH and HVO, launched a series of operations: Flash, Summer '95, Storm and Mistral. In conjunction, Bosnian forces launched operations Sana and Una '95.
