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Th e small town of Dvor na Uni was the scene of the last major battle in the Banovina
region. From 4 to 7 August the SVK 33 rd Infantry Brigade confronted the ARBiH 5 th Corps.
Its most important mission was to hold the bridgehead on the river Una towards Republika
Srpska, used aft er 5 August for troop withdrawal from deep inside the Banovina. Th e
brigade began to crumble aft er the Croatian forces liberated Petrinja and Kostajnica. On 7
August the brigade withdrew across the Una. According to Serbian data, units of the SVK
13 th Infantry Brigade and civilians from Kordun also reached the proximity of Dvor. 384 East
of Dvor, at the village of Rosulje, parts of the 17 th Home Guard Regiment, and of the 145 th
and 151 st Brigade, advanced from Dubica on the approaches to Kostajnica. 385 In the middle
of Dvor Croatian forces clashed with Serbian troops mixed with civilians and crossing the
river into Bosnia. According to Serbian sources, HV units ran up against the remnants
of the SVK 13 th Infantry Brigade and troops assembled from other Serbian units. i.e., the
Glina 24 th Infantry Brigade, and six tanks of the 2 nd Armoured Brigade of the Special Unit
Corps, which attacked from Bosanski Novi and the village of Vanjići. Aft er a night battle the
Croatian forces were thrown back to the outskirts of the place and to the village of Zamlača,
because they could not manoeuvre and regroup in the town. Moreover, Serbian forces from
the surrounding hills held the access road from Kostajnica under fi re. Th e civilians were
pulled out during the fi ght. A column of refugees at Žirovac was intersected for a short time
by the ARBiH 5 th Corps. Aft er deblocking, the withdrawal of the civilians and troops across
the bridge continued, and was completed in the late evening on 9 August. Soon thereaft er
Croatian forces entered Dvor and linked up with units of the ARBiH 5 th Corps. 386
While the fi ghting for Dvor was going on, the 2 nd Guards Brigade advanced on 8 August
to the Galijaši - Donji Žirovac line, where it linked up with part of the 505 th Brigade of
the ARBiH 5 th Corps. Its tactical group cut the Glina - Obljaj - Žirovac road and pushed
on to Šibine - Hajetić - Donja Buzeta - Svračica. 387 On 10 August, aft er the offi cial end of
the operation, parts of the brigade advanced without combat via Donji Žirovac - Komora
- Grmušani to Dvor na Uni. 388 On the following day parts of the brigade, aft er passing
through Donji Dobretin and Gornji Dobretin, linked up at the village of Ivanjska with the
ARBiH and thereby practically completed their involvement in the operation. 389 During
384 M. Sekulić, “Knin je pao u Beogradu” (KninFell in Belgrade), 218-219, 236.
385 According to the data of the ZZP Zagreb Intelligence Department, the HV 151st and 145th Brigade entered
Dvor between 1800 and 1900 hours. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Zagreb, Intelligence Dept., cl. 81/95-02/01,
reg. no. 1075-10/95-63 of 8 August 1995.
386 MORH, GSHV: APO 8314, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 8314-01/01-2-95-184 of 5 September 1995; Action
analysis. MORH, GSHV: APO 3002, cl. 030-01/95-01, reg. no. 3002-01/95-1452 of 6 September 1995; Analysis.
MORH, GSHV: APO 3008, cl. 818-01/95-01, reg. no. 3008-01/95-559 of 4 August 1995; Observations.
MORH, GSHV: ZZP Zagreb, cl. 81/95-01/03, reg. no. 1075-12/95-213/1 of 13 September 1995; Analysis. M.
Sekulić, “Knin je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 218-219, 227.
387 MORG, GSHV: 2nd Guards Brigade, 12 August 1995; information on combat along the main line of attack.
MORH, GSHV: TG commander, 12 August 1995; TG action report.
388 MORH, GSHV: 2nd Guards Brigade, 12 August 1995; information on combat along the main line of attack.
389 Ibid.
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