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defence of the bridgehead on the river Una and withdrawal to Bosnia&Herzegovina. 463
Th ere was fi erce fi ghting between the ARBiH and the SVK remnants on 8 August at
Žirovac -Dvor na Uni during the withdrawal of the Serbian population and some units
from Kordun and Banovina to Bosnia&Herzegovina. 464
5. Th korpus e ARBiH Armije 5 BiH
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HV General Marijan Mareković and ARBiH
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463 M. Sekulić, “Knin je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 236. According to CIA analysts, the ARBiH
5th Corps also deserves credit for the Croatian breakout at Petrinja because the ARBiH attack deprived the
SVK Banija Corps of reserves which could have been fed to the Petrinja battle. Of course, they admit that
in time the HV would have broken through the SVK positions even without the help of the ARBiH, but at a
greater cost in manpower and time. Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Confl ict 1990-
1995, 370. CIA analysts neglected the situation in the remaining parts of the theatre and the fast withdrawal
of other SVK corps, which certainly had a bearing on the action of the SVK Banija Corps. Th ey also underestimated
the performance of the SVK 33rd Infantry Brigade, which held back ARBiH forces for three days.
Accordingly, their assessments about a major contribution of the ARBiH in Banovina are unfounded. Cf. M.
Sekulić, “Knin je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 218-219, and B. Felić, «Peti korpus 1992-1995»
(Th e Fift h Corps 1992-1995), 520-521.
464 B. Felić, «Peti korpus 1992-1995» (Th e Fift h Corps 1992-1995), 523-525.
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