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138 Conclusion Th e Bjelovar Corps District was not originally planned for Operation Storm. Aft er Operation Flash it was entrusted with the organization of the system for state border defence on the river Sava. It received its mission concerning involvement in Storm on 2 August. Th e time was not suffi cient for adequate troop preparation, and the execution implied a high degree of risk. Th e precondition for the successful start of the mission was the forced crossing of the river, which posed an additional diffi culty for the Corps District. In spite of all this, the HV 125 th Home Guard Regiment crossed the Sava successfully. “Th e forced crossing was executed disregarding all rules by using a small number of assault craft ”. Th at was the hardest part of the mission aft er which the Corps District, notwithstanding the problem of its exposed fl anks, penetrated 43 km into enemy territory. Since it was committed at the eleventh hour and since it performed almost the major role in the Banovina theatre although it was originally envisioned as an auxiliary force, the Bjelovar Corps District is one of the most gallant units in Operation Storm. In the operation 8 HV troops were killed and 42 wounded. 445 445 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-05-95-1285 of 13 September 1995; Assessment.
THE AIR FORCE IN STORM The basic mission of the Croatian Air Force (HRZ) in the off ensive operation was air defence, focused particularly on the Zagreb -Karlovac - Sisak - Kutina area, air support of ground forces of the committed corps districts, reconnaissance, and airlift ing of troops and wounded HV members. 446 Th e entire Air Force was engaged in the operation: 17 combat aircraft , 5 combat helicopters, 9 transport helicopters, 3 transport aircraft , one An-2 aircraft and one Mi-24 helicopter for electronic-thermovision action. Th e forces were deployed at the air bases of Pleso, Pula, Divulje and Lučko, and the helidromes in Sinj and Požega. Th e situation in the air space was monitored by ZMIN (Air Surveillance and Guidance System) units, particularly in the sectors Kutina - Okučani - Banja Luka; Zagreb - Kupčina - Vrginmost - Udbina; Valtura - Crna Punta - Udbina; and Zemunik - Bruška - Otočac - Udbina. 447 Execution Th e fi rst HRZ combat mission was the air strike against fortifi ed Serbian objectives, to be carried out at exactly 0600 hours on 4 August. 448 On the fi rst day of the operation the HRZ, according to its own assessment, knocked out the Ćelavac radio-relay node and damaged the Magačevac radio-relay node, destroyed the command post of the 18 th Infantry Brigade of the SVK Lika Corps at Bunić, destroyed the command post at Banski Grabovac and neutralized the Serbian positions at point 160 near Petrinja and point 206 near the confl uence of the rivers Glina and Kupa. Th irteen MIG-21s were committed in the strikes. Four MIG-21s were committed to the air defence of the Ivanić Grad - Kutina zone and Sinj. Th ree Mi-8 helicopters transported 5 severely and 15 lightly wounded troops. Four MIG-21s were damaged in action, three of them lightly. 449 On 5 August, the second day of the operation, the HRZ knocked out the communications centre on the Zrinska Gora mountain, neutralized Serbian positions on the hill Generalovo Brdo near Petrinja, attacked hostile positions and armour at Turanj, destroyed several tanks and motor vehicles west of Knin on the road near Biovičino Selo, put out of action part of the equipment in the Udbina Air Base, destroyed a larger number of motor vehicles on the 446 MORH, GSHV: HRZ and PZO command, cl. 813-07/95-01/04, reg. no. 3044-14-95-192 of 26 September 1995; Report. 447 MORH, GSHV: HRZ and PZO command, cl. 813-07/95-01/04, reg. no. 3044-14-95-192 of 17 August 1995; Analysis. 448 GSHV, cl.08-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-365 of 3 August 1995; Order. 449 MORH, GSHV: HRZ and PZO command, cl. 8/95-01/09, reg. no. 3044-14-95-54 of 4 August 1995; Analysis. 139
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138<br />
Conclusion<br />
Th e Bjelovar Corps District was not originally planned for Operation Storm. Aft er<br />
Operation Flash it was entrusted with the organization of the system for state border<br />
defence on the river Sava. It received its mission concerning involvement in Storm on 2<br />
August. Th e time was not suffi cient for adequate troop preparation, and the execution<br />
implied a high degree of risk. Th e precondition for the successful start of the mission<br />
was the forced crossing of the river, which posed an additional diffi culty for the Corps<br />
District. In spite of all this, the HV 125 th Home Guard Regiment crossed the Sava<br />
successfully. “Th e forced crossing was executed disregarding all rules by using a small<br />
number of assault craft ”. Th at was the hardest part of the mission aft er which the Corps<br />
District, notwithstanding the problem of its exposed fl anks, penetrated 43 km into enemy<br />
territory. Since it was committed at the eleventh hour and since it performed almost the<br />
major role in the Banovina theatre although it was originally envisioned as an auxiliary<br />
force, the Bjelovar Corps District is one of the most gallant units in Operation Storm. In<br />
the operation 8 HV troops were killed and 42 wounded. 445<br />
445 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-05-95-1285 of 13 September 1995;<br />
Assessment.
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