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KARLOVAC CORPS DISTRICT
According to the order of the HV General Staff , the Karlovac Corps District (ZPK)
was responsible for the execution of the operation in its zone of responsibility -
the greater area of Karlovac, Ogulin and Kordun. Th e overall objective did not
diff er from the missions of the other corps districts engaged in the operation. Aft er fullscale
mobilization and along with the attached reinforcements and the support of the
Croatian Air Force (HRZ), the initial phase called for neutralizing the Serbian artillery
and rocket systems and quick penetration of the defence line of the SVK Kordun Corps in
order to prevent Serbian artillery from shelling urban and industrial areas in the zone of
responsibility of the Corps. As planned, Turanj was to be cut off aft er the forced crossing
of the river Korana, and enemy forces annihilated along the Karlovac - Babina Gora -
Vojnić axis. Plaški was to be outfl anked on both sides, and Primišlje - Obljajac - Veliki
Pištenik seized. Th e last but not least important mission involved, in coordination with
the Gospić Corps District, the protection of the left fl ank of the HV 1 st Guards Brigade at
Saborsko - Selište Drežničko. Th e reinforcements to be attached to the Corps included the
HV 104 th Brigade, the 13 th Anti-Armour Artillery&Rocket Battalion, a tank company (6
tanks), all from the Bjelovar Corps District, the HV 99 th Brigade from the Zagreb Corps
District, one company of the HV General Staff Engineer Brigade and MUP special units
from the Karlovac Police Department. 274 Except the Special Police and the tank company
from the Bjelovar Corps District all the reinforcements were duly allocated. 275
Pursuant to the order of the HV General Staff , the Command of the Karlovac Corps
District draft ed in mid-July the order for the attack. Th e forces were grouped for the
initial action from the area of Karlovac and Ogulin. Th e units committed in the former
area included the 104 th Brigade and the 110 th and 137 th Home Guard Regiments. Th e 14 th
and 143 rd Home Guard Regiments, and the HV 99 th Brigade, were engaged for action from
Ogulin towards Plaški. One battalion of the HV 148 th Brigade was kept in reserve. 276
274 GS HV, RP/12-2/95 of 26 June 1995. Attack directive Op. No. 12-2/95, Storm-2. Facsimile published in J.
Bobetko, «Sve moje bitke» (All My Battles), 441-451.
275 MORH, GSHV: ZPP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-143 of 24 July 1995; Excerpt from the
Attack Order Op. No. 1. MORH, GSHV: ZPP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-265 of 29 July
1995; Modifi cation of attack order Op. No. 1. MORH, GSHV: ZPP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-
03/1-95-557 of 4 September 1995; Analysis of Storm-2.
276 MORH, GSHV: ZPP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-143 of 24 July 1995; Excerpt from
attack order Op. No. 1. MORH, GSHV: ZPP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-265 of 29 July
1995; Change of attack order Op. No. 1.