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decided to engage units of the 110 th Home Guard Regiment and 104 th Brigade in order to
reinforce the 137 th Home Guard Regiment and exploit the bridgehead established on the
river Korana. 303
On 6 August in the morning, aft er regrouping, the HV 143 rd Home Guard Regiment
mounted an assault from Vrelo Mrežnice towards Slunj. At Broćanac the regiment linked
up to forces of the HV 1 st Guards Brigade and in the aft ernoon, in cooperation with parts
of the 1 st Brigade and the 14 th Home Guard Regiment, it entered Slunj. 304 During the day
the HV 99 th Brigade, aft er mopping up along the Božić - Komadine - Plavča Draga line,
advanced by 1400 hours to the planned line in the area of Vrelo Mrežnice, where it blocked
the Slunj training site. Aft er 1400 hours it was in reserve of the Corps commander at Plavča
Draga. 305
Pushing on from Primišlje via Mrzlo Polje and Zečja Varoš, the 14 th Home Guard
Regiment entered and liberated Slunj at about 1500 hours. Th e regiment was reinforced
with two companies of the HV 148 th Brigade, which had to exploit the success and protect
the fl anks of the regiment. 306 Th e crumbling forces of the SVK 13 th Infantry Brigade pulled
back with civilians towards Topusko. 307
Th e attack of the 137 th Home Guard Regiment with the attached reinforcements along
the Barilović - Dugi Dol - Krnjak axis had to start on 6 August at 0500 hours. It started at
about 0800 because of the delayed arrival of the battle group from the 110 th Home Guard
Regiment and of a tank platoon, and of the battle group from the HV 104 th Brigade. Aft er
initial success, the assault ground to a halt because of the strong resistance on the right
fl ank at Skradska Gora. In the village of Kurepi and Kurepić Glavica the Serbs had several
tanks which stopped the advance of the Croatian forces. 308 Progress was resumed aft er an
Mi-24 helicopter gunship attacked at 1800 hours the Serbian positions at Kurepi. On the
left fl ank of the 137 th Home Guard Regiment, the battle group of the 148 th Brigade liberated
Kosjersko Selo and reached the Bolići - Kosjersko Selo road. Together with the battle groups
of the 104 th and 148 th Brigades the regiment pushed on towards Gornji Poloj - Primišlje,
linked up with the 14 th Home Guard Regiment and seized the village of Veljun. 309
303 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-01/1-95-368 of 6 August 1995; Action report
for the zone of responsibility of the Karlovac Corps District. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88,
reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-557 of 4 September 1995; Analysis of Storm.
304 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac. IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-IZM-1/95-1-29 of 6
August 1995; Report. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1/95-557 of 4 September
1995; Analysis of Storm.
305 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac. IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-IZM-1/95-29 of 6
August 1995, 1700 hours; Report. MORH, GSHV: APO 2121, cl. 81-/95-01/01, re. go. 2121-02/2-95-28 of 5
September 1995; Analysis of operation Storm.
306 ZP Karlovac, IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-IZM-1/95 of 6 August 1995; Report.
307 M. Sekulić, «Knin je pao u Beogradu» (Knin Fell in Belgrade).
308 SVA MORH, ZZPK: IZM, 137th Home Guard B., cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 2159-01-95-4 of 6 August 1995;
Operational daily report.
309 MORH, GSHV: Comm. of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 85/95-01/110, reg. no. 2159-01-95-103 of 28
August 1995; Analysis of mission accomplishment by the 137th Home Guard Reg. in operation Storm.
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