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Brigade, which had been advancing from the southern edge of Krbavsko Polje. In the evening forces
of the Gospić Corps District entered Donji Lapac, liberated a few hours before by the Special Police. 260
Already in the morning special police units liberated the village of Mazin, and established control over
Gornji Lapac and Donji Lapac in the aft ernoon. Special Police forces one battalion strong overran by
1900 hours the points of resistance along the state border in the greater area of Kulen Vakuf. 261
Drive to the state border
Forces of the Gospić Corps District drove to the state border between the Republic of Croatia and
Bosnia&Herzegovina on 6 August. Th e fi rst units to reach the border were the HV 119 th Brigade
and the HV 154 th Home Guard Regiment. 262 Th e other units reached the border a day later. Th e
daily report of the Command of the Gospić Corps District of 7 August, which reached the HV
General Staff at about 2000 hours, stated that the Corps’ mission in the operation had been
accomplished and that “the entire area in the zone of the Gospić Corps District was liberated”. 263
V General Staff G During 8 August defence was organized along the state border of the Republic
of Croatia in the zone of responsibility of the Gospić Corps District. Th e main body of artillery
and armoured units was deployed along the Udbina - Donji Lapac - Kulen Vakuf line. Th e zone
of responsibility was divided into fi ve parts, each covered by one reserve infantry battalion. Th e
units engaged from the north to the south, from left to right, were the following: the 138 th Home
Guard regiment from Savina Glava to Gola Plješivica; the 128 th Brigade from Gola Plješivica
to Snjevita Glava; the 154 th Home Guard Regiment from Snjevita Glava to Demirovića Brdo;
the 118 th Home Guard Regiment from Demirovića Brdo to Pilipovići; and the 8 th Home
Guard Regiment from Pilipovići to the Una railway station. Th e 9 th Guards Brigade was
deployed in the area of Gospić as reserve, and the 111 th Infantry Brigade was pulled back
to its former deployment at Klanac - Studenci - Donje Pazarište. 264
260 MORH, GSHV: MUP, Special Police Sector, no. 511-01-TV-196/95 of 8 August 1995; Report on achieved line.
MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of off ensive operation
Storm 95.
261 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 8o-01/95-02/o8, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-431 of 7 August 1995; Order. MORH, GSHV:
SJP MUP RH, MUP, Special Police Sector, no. 511-01-VT-106/95 of 8 August 1995; Report on achieved line. HMDCDR:
Ž. Sačić, “Specijalna policija u Oluji” (Special police in Storm).
262 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. Th e wartime commander of the HV 119th Brigade, Mirko Vuković, noted that the 3rd Battalion
of the 119th Brigade was the fi rst unit to reach the state border in that area, and that the remaining units of the Brigade
were deployed along the border later on; he also noted that the HV 119th Brigade had accomplished its mission in Storm
according to plan. Furthermore, according to Vuković, the 154th Home Guard Regiment did not mobilize in time, and
appeared two days aft er these events and took over the points in the villages of Prijeboj and Ličko Petrovo Selo; because
of its later commitment the mission of the 8th Home Guard Regiment was changed in the last moment. HMCDDR:
comments of the wartime commander of the HV 119th Brigade Mirko Vuković on the text about the Gospić Corps
District in the military-police operation Storm.
263 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-31 of 7 August 1995; Regular daily report.
264 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-33 of 8 August 1995; Regular daily report No. 10.
MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/01, reg. no. 1043-04-95-106 of 9 August 1995; Proposal.
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