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Petrinja was fi nally liberated on 6 August, and the main body of the SVK Banija Corps
withdrew towards Dvor na Uni. Aft er vigorous artillery preparation TG-2 mounted its
attack, captured Martinovo Vrelo and, via Češko Selo, reached at 0700 the entrance
to Petrinja. 368 Th e 12 th Home Guard Regiment entered Petrinja from the west and was
deployed in and around the town. 369 Th e 57 th Brigade seized the greater area of Petrinja
with no major resistance, took the villages of Stražbenica and Blinja and gained by noon
total control of the Petrinja - Kostajnica road. 370 Th e second battalion of the 149 th Brigade
was left in charge of the Komarevo - Letovanci communication. 371
Aft er the liberation of Petrinja and the withdrawal of the Serbian forces towards
Dvor na Uni, the liberation of Glina became a matter of hours in spite of stiff Serbian
opposition encountered by the 20 th Home Guard Regiment in some places, e.g., at
Marinbrod, Prekopa and Hađer. 372 Nevertheless, parts of the regiment entered Glina in
the evening, 373 along with police units and part of the HV 153 rd Brigade, which had been
transferred to the village of Gora aft er two days of aborted actions via Pokupsko and
Hotnja. 374 Th ere it received the order to assist with part of its units the advance of the
20 th Home Guard Regiment towards Glina. 375 Th e Brigade seized Graberje - Novo Selo
Glinsko - Brkići in order to push on towards the village of Maja with the 2 nd Guards
Brigade. 376 Glina was liberated in the night of 6 August, and units of the 20 th Home
Guard Regiment took over control of the surrounding villages. 377
Aft er the liberation of Petrinja and during the capture of Glina the main body of the
Zagreb Corps District was engaged in the liberation of the Banovina region and the
mopping-up of the region, especially of the Zrinska Gora massif. Th e main role was
played by the 2 nd Guards Brigade by enveloping the Glina - Dvor na Uni communication.
By 6 August at noon the main body of the brigade seized Gornja Bačuga and Donja
fi rst break against the SVK came was the loss of Hrvatska Dubica, liberated by the 125th Home Guard Regiment.
A renewed drive from the Sunja area forced the SVK to begin falling back towards Kostajnica. Th e
breakout of the ARBiH 5th Corps from the Bihać enclave early on 5 August forced the SVK to use its only
reserve unit - the 33rd Infantry Brigade - to block this drive into the corps’ rear area. Th is was particularly
important because without this reserve the SVK was unable to stop the tenacious HV 2nd Guards Brigade
from grinding down the SVK 31st Brigade troops around Petrinja. Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History
of the Yugoslav Confl ict, 1990-1995, 371.
368 MORH, GSHV: TG commander, 12 August 1995. TG action report.
369 MORH, GSHV: APO 8252, cl. 81/05-95/02, reg. no. 8258-06/95-60 of 5 September 1995; Action analysis.
370 MORH, GSHV: APO 3099, cl. 119-01/95-01, reg. no. 3099-01/95-092/1 of 13 August 1995.
371 MORH, GSHV: APO 3006, cl. 8/95-01/4, reg. no. 3006-07-95-1059-01 of 4 September 1995; Action analysis.
372 MORH, GSHV: TG commander, 12 August 1995; TG action report.
373 MORH, GSHV: APO 8259, cl. 81/95-01/08, reg. no. 8259-01/95-06 of 6 August 1995; Action analysis.
374 MORH, GSHV: APO 3010, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 3010-01/95-06 of 6 August 1995; Operational daily
report.
375 MORH, GSHV: APO 3010, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 3010-01/95-07 of 7 August 1995; Operational daily
report.
376 MORH, GSHV: APO 3010, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 3010-01/95-06 of 6 August 1995; Operational daily
report.
377 MORH, GSHV: Command of the 20th Home Guard Reg., 7 August 1995; Battle report no. 07.
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