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For the purpose of subsequent operation, on the order of the HV General Staff the
149 th Brigade minus one battalion from the Zagreb Corps District (Ivanić Grad) was
allocated to the Karlovac Corps District and ordered to prepare for combat commitment
by 1000 on 7 August. 310 Th e brigade joined the Karlovac Corps District during the night,
and in the morning it formed a battle group which was attached to the 137 th Home
Guard Regiment. 311
In the meantime, the 1 st Guards Brigade, which had linked during the day to the
units of the ARBiH 5 th Corps, entered the zone of responsibility of the Karlovac Corps
District. General Mareković (head of the advance command post of the HV General
Staff ) was responsible for the organization of the link-up of the Croatian Army and the
Army of Bosnia&Herzegovina. Th e two armies linked up at the crossroads of the roads
Slunj - Ličko Petrovo Selo and Slunj - Plitvice (MG Motel) and at the village of Prijeboj.
In the aft ernoon a media-covered link-up was organized at Tržačka Raštela. 312
Th e arrival of the 1 st Guards Brigade changed the plans of the HV General Staff in
Kordun. Th e General Staff had intended to commit the forces of the Karlovac Corps
District in order to seize the area of Piljak - Brezova, push on and liberate Vojnić. 313 Aft er
the arrival of the 1 st Guards Brigade the HV General Staff ordered the brigade to pursue
attack on the Cetingrad - Johovo - Vojnić axis and, “in cooperation with the forces of the
Karlovac Corps District”, crush the enemy, liberate Vojnić, rush on to Topusko and set
up active defence. Th e Karlovac Corps District was ordered to provide artillery support
for the assault of the 1 st Guards Brigade, protect its rear and left fl ank and exploit its
success by following up. Th e Croatian Air Force was to provide support as required and
called for. General Mareković took over the command of the 1 st Guards brigade and
coordination of its action with the Karlovac Corps District. 314
During 7 August the forces of the 1 st Guards Brigade, the 14 th Home Guard Regiment
and the 99 th Brigade were operationally subordinated to the advance command post of
the HV General Staff , which was transferred to Slunj. Reserve units were engaged for
the protection of the state border, relieving the 1 st Guards Brigade for the anticipated
attack. 315 Units of the 14 th Home Guard Regiment secured the area of Slunj and searched
the ground on the left bank of the Korana along the line of attack of the Special Police
from the Karlovac Police Department. Th e regiment also took over the defence of the state
310 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-415 of 6 August 1995; Order.
311 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-557 of 4 September 1995; Analysis
of Storm-2.
312 MORH, GSHV:IZM GSHV. cl. str. conf. 80-01/95-02/12, reg. no. 512-06-1095-04 of 15 August 1995; Analysis
of unit combat action in the IZM GSHV zone of responsibility, Ogulin - Slunj, in operation Storm.
313 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-410 of 6 August 1995, 134o hours;
Order.
314 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-411 of 6 August 1995, 1340 hours;
Order.
315 MORH, GSHV: IZM GSHV, cl. str. conf. 80-01/95-02/12, reg. no 512-06-10-95 of 15 August 1995; Action
analysis.
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