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liberation of Petrinja on the fi rst day of the operation was below expectations; only the
main body of the HV 2 nd Guards Brigade was able to advance, but that was not judged
to be suffi cient by the HV General Staff . 353 Th e tactical departure from the assault plan
caused a crisis along the TG-2 axis, slowed down the action of the main body of the 2 nd
Guards Brigade and thereby set the rate of action for the whole Corps District. Th e moves
of the Zagreb Corps District demonstrate that its command blamed subordinates and
insuffi cient manpower for the failure. Th e HV General Staff was requested to mobilize
the HV 102 nd Brigade and the HV 1 st and 2 nd Home Guard Regiments. 354 Th e HV 2 nd
Guards Brigade was reinforced with a part of the 1 st battalion of the HV 149 th Brigade.
Th e main body of the brigade was still at Ivanić Grad ready for commitment. 355
On the second day of the operation, 5 August, part of the 2 nd Guards Brigade was
committed for the attack towards Glina. By joint action with the 20 th Home Guard
Regiment it liberated Glinsko Novo Selo; part of the regiment still held defence positions
in the villages of Slana and Glinska Poljana. 356 Its neighbour on the right, the HV 153 rd
Brigade, pulled its third battalion as well to the left bank of the Kupa and ended up, on
the second day of the operation, in the same spot where it had started. 357
No anticipated advance towards Petrinja was achieved on 5 August either. Along
the western attack axis the 12 th Home Guard Regiment seized Župić Brdo, pushed on
between the villages of Gora and Župić, and cut the Glina - Petrinja road. 358 During
the day the HV 2 nd Guards Brigade took the villages of Šanja, Vilusi, Pecki and half of
the village of Luščani. One armoured vehicle was damaged in the action. 359 Th e fi rst
battalion of the 140 th Home Guard Regiment, until then the operational reserve of the
Zagreb Corps District, was committed at the brigade fl anks. 360
In the morning parts of TG-2 repeated their attack on Češko Selo. One T-55 tank
was destroyed in the attack, and the unit returned to its jump-off position. Th e Serbs
counterattacked Kolonija; the attempt was repelled with the help of the MUP special
unit, and the attack on Češko Selo was resumed. Several men were killed and wounded
in the Croatian counterattack, and one T-55 tank was destroyed along with one infantry
armoured vehicle of the 2 nd Guards Brigade. All further action was halted by General
Petar Stipetić, appointed commander of the Croatian forces in the Banovina region by
353 MORH, GSHV: War diary GS OS RH, note 116 of 4 August 1995.
354 MORH, GSHV: War diary, GS OS RH, note 116 of 4 August 1995.
355 MORH, GSHV: APO 3006, cl. 803-02/95-06, reg. no. 3006-07/95-56 of 4 August 1995; Daily operational
report. MORH, GSHV: APO 3006, cl. 8/95-01/4, reg. no. 3006-07-95-1059 of 4 August 1995; Action analysis.
356 MORH, GSHV: APO 1112/30, cl. 8/95-01/32, reg. no. 1112-32/01-95-175 of 4 August 1995; Action analysis.
MORH, GSHV: APO 8259, cl. 81/95-01/08, reg. no. 8259-01/95-40 of 5 August 1995; Action analysis.
357 MORH, GSHV: APO 3010, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 3010-01/95-05 of 5 August 1995; Report for 5 August
1995.
358 MORH, GSHV: APO 8252, cl. 81/05-95/02, reg. no. 8258-06/95-60 of 5 Septeember 1995; Action analysis.
359 MORH, GSHV: Deputy commander of the 2nd Guards Brigade, 12 August 1995; combat information for
the main attack axis.
360 MORH, GSHV: War diary, 140th Home Guard Reg., 5 August 1995. MORH, GSHV: APO 1106, cl. 8/95-
01/49, reg. no. 1106-02-95-2 of 5 September 1995; Action analysis report.
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