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Th e 138 th Home Guard Regiment pushed on from the north, from Lička Jesenica,
liberated Rudopolje and intersected at Gornje Vrhovine the Vrhovine - Korenica road.
Aft er linking up with the 8 th Home Guard Regiment Vrhovine was completely encircled. 253
Units of the 8 th Home Guard Regiment cracked the disorganized Serbian defences at
Gornji Babin Potok and reached Trtice and Plitvički Ljeskovac by the evening. 254
Th e main body of the HV 133 rd Home Guard Regiment reinforced with one battalion
of the HV 150 th Brigade and supported by one battalion of the HV 8 th Home Guard
Regiment advanced towards Runjevica - Naprte - Marjani. By the end of the day it
liberated the encircled area of Vrhovine - Doljani - Škare and Glavace. 255
At Homoljački Klanac - Pogledalo the HV 128 th Brigade crossed the Pogledalo pass
and entered Korenica from Vrelo. 256
At about 1100 hours on 6 August the HV 9 th Guards Brigade seized Bunić and
continued to advance via Svračkovo Selo to Udbina. Th e Bunić - Lički Osik road was fully
freed and ahead of the village of Medak tactical contact was established with the MUP
Special Forces. Th e Gospić - Gračac road was also under HV control and it was used for
combat action. 257 Th e Chief of the HV General Staff ordered sustained assault focused
on exploiting the success achieved. Th e MUP Special Forces were to carry on with their
attack towards Donji Lapac and, in cooperation with units of the Gospić Corps District
on their left fl ank and the Split Corps District on their right fl ank, seize the greater area
of Donji Lapac. 258
On 9 August in the morning the 9 th Guards Brigade entered Udbina. Following that,
units of the Gospić Corps District continued to advance in several directions towards Donji
Lapac, to which Special Police units were also pushing. Part of the forces was committed to mopping
up, terrain sanitization and collection of war booty. 259 Th e main body of the HV 154 th Home Guard
Regiment linked up at Bunić - Debelo Brdo - Pećani - Jošani - Udbina Air Base with the 9 th Guards
253 MORH, GSHV: 138th Home Guard Reg., cl. str. conf. 035-01/95-01/01, reg. no. 1089-01-95-314 of 16 August
1995; Action report. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995;
Analysis of the off ensive operation Storm 95.
254 MORH, GSHV: 8th Home Guard Reg., cl. 035-01/95-01/01, reg. no. 8313-02-95-253 of 23 August 1995;
Analysis.
255 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of the
off ensive operation Storm 95.
256 MORH, GSHV: ZP Gospić, c. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-17 of 16 August 1995; Regular daily report
No. 5. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995. Analysis
of the off ensive operation Storm. Aft er the liberation of Korenica on 6 August units of the 128th Brigade pulled
back to the outskirts of the town, while part of the forces proceeded to the state border and the top of Mount
Plješivica, where contact was established with the Army of BiH. From its jump-off position in the village of
Čanak to Korenica the Brigade had covered on foot about 40 km of mountainous and diffi cult terrain. HMD-
CDR: comments of the Association “HV 128th Brigade - Sveti Vid” on the text about the Gospić Corps District
in the military-police operation Storm.
257 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-17 of 6 August 1995; Regular daily re-
port.
258 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-409 of 6 August 1995; Order.
259 MORH, GSHV: ZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-28 of 7 August 1995; Regular daily report.
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