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SUPPORT OF THE OPERATION
Osijek Corps District
Th e Osijek Corps District (ZP Osijek) was responsible for the defensive operation
codenamed Fenix. It was supposed to prevent the breakthrough of Serbian forces along the
Šid - Županja and Ernestinovo - Čepin lines, and create conditions for a counteroff ensive
towards Borinačka Kosa - Bobotski Kanal - Trpnja. Almost all the units of the Corps
District - the 3 rd and 5 th Guards Brigades, the 106 th , 108 th , 122 nd , 127 th and 132 nd Brigades,
and the 5 th , 9 th , 10 th , 107 th , 109 th , 131 st and 136 th Home Guard Regiments - were deployed
in two defence echelons. Th e HV 105 th Brigade was also allocated from ZP Bjelovar to
Osijek, along with parts of the following HV General Staff units: the 16 th Artillery-Rocket
Brigade, the 15 th Anti-Armour Artillery-Rocket Brigade, the 33 rd Engineer Brigade, the
50 th ABKO Battalion, and part of the anti-armour combat helicopter squadron. 466
Prior to the operation the units of ZP Osijek were placed in a state of full combat
readiness. Th e 108 th and 132 nd Brigades, the Air Defence 201 st Artillery-Rocket Brigade,
the 121 st Home Guard Regiment, the 2 nd River Task Force, the 68 th Military Police
Battalion, the 32 nd and 37 th Engineer Pontoon Battalions and the 501 st ABKO Company
were mobilized to their full complement; the 127 th Brigade and the 136 th and 157 th Home
Guard Regiment were mobilized partly. Th e following units were mobilized on 2 August:
the 106 th and 122 nd Brigades, the 5 th , 9 th , 10 th and 109 th Home Guard Regiments, the 261 st
Reconnaissance-Sabotage Company and the 251 st Communications Company. 467 On 2
August the 122 nd Brigade and the 5 th and 107 th Home Guard Regiments were deployed in
their zones of responsibility; the remaining units followed suit on 3 August, 468 and police
units on 5 August. 469 During the operation there was an exchange of fi re with units of
the Slavonia-Baranja Corps, but there were no attempts to mount a serious operation.
As regards its responsibility, the Osijek Corps District accomplished its mission with full
success.
466 MORH, GSHV: GDHV, RP/115 of 19 June 1995; Defence directive Op. no. 11/95, Fenix.
467 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Osijek, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1076-02/2-95-518 of 2 August 1995; Daily opera-
tional report.
468 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Osijek, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1076-02/2-95-519 of 3 August 1995; Daily opera-
tional report.
469 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Osijek, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1076-02/2-95-528 of 5 August 1995; Daily opera-
tional report.
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