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advance the fl anks and the rear of the 2 nd Guards Brigade were occasionally secured by the
140 th and 12 th Home Guard Regiments and the HV 148 th Brigade. From 6 August to the
end of the operation two battalions of the 140 th Home Guard Regiment were continuously
subordinated to the 2 nd Guards Brigade and responsible for holding the battle position and
securing the fl anks. 390
Aft er its involvement in the liberation of Petrinja, the 12 th Home Guard Regiment was
engaged in the securing of the area along the line of advance of the HV 2 nd Guards Brigade.
During 8 August the regiment was transferred to the Vratnik pass - village of Žirovac, and
along the Dragotina- Donji Klasnić road. Over the next two days the regiment pushed on to
the state border at Donji Žirovac - Matijevići, where it established contact with the ARBiH
5 th Corps. 391
During the greater part of the operation the HV 148 th Brigade (minus one battalion) was
in the HV General Staff reserve. On 9 August it was deployed in the villages of Veliki Šušnjar
and Martinovići, where one battalion was subordinated to the 2 nd Guards Brigade in the
village of Donji Klasnić. Until 11 August it was engaged in the mopping-up and sweeping of
the villages of Donji Klasnić, Kozaperovica and Gradac Mali, aft er which it was pulled back
from the Banovina and demobilized. 392
Most of the units committed to the liberation of Petrinja and Kostajnica were engaged
in the sweeping of (mount) Zrinska Gora. On 8 August units of the 57 th Brigade reached
via Moštanica, Jabukovac and the village of Miočinovići the area of Zrinska Gora at the
Šamarica Lodge. Because of about 20,000 refugees on the Žirovac - Dvor road the brigade
halted its advance. One day later it liberated the villages of Rujevac and Bešlinac and on 10
August reached the state border at Majdan - Kolabin Jarak - Makarovača. 393
Aft er crossing the Knezovljani - Kostajnica road, the 101 st Brigade swept the north-eastern
slopes of Zrinska Gora. By 1900 hours on 9 August it reached Trgovi - Grmušani - Vanjići,
and one day later Ljubina - Sočanica - Kotarani and linked up with the ARBiH 5 th Corps
at Kotarani. 394 Th e 103 rd Brigade was also engaged several days in sweeping operations of
Zrinska Gora. Aft er the mopping up of the eastern part of Zrinska Gora the brigade was
deployed along the state border on the river Una from the village of Zamlača to Volinje. 395
Aft er the liberation of Dvor na Uni units of the 17 th Home Guard Regiment and of the
145 th and 151 st Brigades were responsible for the sweeping of the area, linkup with the ARBiH
5 th Corps and securing the state border in the area of the Municipality of Dvor na Uni. 396
390 MORH, GSHV: APO 1106, cl. 8/95-01/49, reg. no. 1106-02-95-2 of 5 September 1995; Report. MORH,
GSHV: ZZP Zagreb, cl. 81/95/01/3, reg. no. 1075-12/95r-213 of 22 August 1995; Analysis.
391 MORH, GSHV: APO 8252, cl. 81/05-95/02, reg. no. 8258-06/95-60 of 5 September 1995; Action analysis.
392 MORH, GSHV: APO 3005, cl. 81/95-01, reg. no. 3005-01/1-95-80 of 4 September 1995; Action analysis.
393 MORH, GSHV: APO 3099, cl. 119-01/95-01, reg. no. 3099-01/95-092/1 of 13 August 1995; Analysis.
394 MORH, GSHV: APO 2123, cl. 8/95-01, reg. no. 2123-02/95-733 of 6 September 1995; Analysis of action
in operation Storm.
395 MORH, GSHV: APO 2125, cl. 8/95-01/95, reg. no. 2125-02-95-66 of 1 September 1995; Action analysis.
396 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Zagreb, cl. 81/95-01/3, reg. no. 1075-12/95-13 of 22 August 1995; Analysis. 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. 030/95-01, reg. no. 3002-01/95-1451 of 6 September 1995; Analysis.
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