Operation Berbir, a tactical level military action of Croatian forces in the Croatian War. It was a Croat attack on Bok Jankovac.[1][2]
| Operation Berbir | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Croatian War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Croatia |
 Republika Srpska Republic of Serbian Krajina | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| +700 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 50 killed | 16 killed | ||||||
Course of the operation
editIn the early morning hours of August 8, 1992, more than 700 members of the Croatian "Berbir Battalion" crossed the river and attacked Serbian positions in Bok Jankovac. With strong resistance, but also heavy losses, members of the Croatian army unit crossed the Sava in Bok Jankovac, a suburb of Bosanska Gradiška, and attacked Serbian positions.[3] A fierce fight broke out. The attack was repulsed by Serbian forces with the loss of 16 dead. Serbs managed to defend Bok Jankovac.[4]
Aftermath
editA Memorial was built for the fallen Serbs in Bok Jankovac, which is visited by delegations of the President of Srpska.
References
edit- ^ "HercegBosna.org • Pogledaj temu - Operacije u slučaju neuspjeha Daytonskog sporazuma". hercegbosna.org. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ DB (2023-08-08). "Obilježena 31 godina od odbrane Gradiške od Hrvatske agresije". Srpskacafe (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Srpska, RTRS, Radio Televizija Republike Srpske, Radio Television of Republic of. "Obilježeno 27 godina od odbrane Gradiške: Ne smiju se zaboraviti heroji (FOTO/VIDEO)". REPUBLIKA SRPSKA - RTRS. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Srna (2017-08-08). "Sećanje na stradale: U odbrani Gradiške od hrvatske vojne jedinice "Berbir bojna" 1992. poginulo 16 vojnika". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-08-06.