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Th e operation started early in the morning of 4 August. Aft er artillery preparation,
the 7 th Guards Brigade set off towards Knin along the axis Risovac - Golubićko Suvo
Polje - village of Kovačić. In its off ensive path was the Th ird Battle Group (BG-3), a
unit scraped together from several parts of the North Dalmatian Corps and RSK militia
units. By the end of the day the 7 th Guards Brigade gained control over the dominant
positions of Borova Glava, Visibaba, Badanj and Pitomi Vrh. Th is completed its mission
for the day, and opened up the avenue for the commitment of the 4 th Guards Brigade to
the attack. 174
Forces of the neighbouring Operational Group Sinj also achieved progress. Advancing
towards Uniški Doci - Uništa - Kijevo the 126 th Home Guard Regiment took Uništa and
thereby created conditions for proceeding along the valley of the Peruča to Kijevo. Its left
neighbour, the 144 th Brigade, descended from Vještića Gora and captured Bravčev Dolac.
In the Svilaja - Kozjak area the 6 th Home Guard Regiment took Lisina, important for the
commitment and deployment of its main forces. By the end of the day the regiment
broke through the defence lines in three spots, and took Konjska Glava, the hamlets of
Strunje and Lunići, and the village of Gornji Baljci. 175
Forces of Operational Group Šibenik faced one of the tougher units of the SVK North
Dalmatian Corps, the 75 th Motorized Brigade and part of the 2 nd Infantry Brigade. Th e
main mission of OG Šibenik was to push back the Serbian forces and it scored minor
advances along the line: during the day the 142 nd Home Guard Regiment broke through
the Serbian defences along the section from the river Krka to Drniš; the 15 th Home Guard
Regiment penetrated the line at the village of Laškovica while the 113 th Infantry Brigade
was the most successful throughout the assigned area and reached the line Morpolača -
Čista Velika - Lađevci - Sveti Bartul by the end of the day. 176
Th e units of OG Zadar were opposed by the best unit of the North Dalmatian Corps,
the 92 nd Motorized Brigade, and by the 3 rd Infantry Brigade which defended the routes
agreed that joint advance towards Knin would be the best option. Th e commander of ZP Split agreed. In
line with the foregoing, it would be correct to say that the town of Knin was liberated by the joint actions of
the 4th and 7th brigades, just as recorded on the photography showing the two commanders on Knin fortress.
Of course, that was the subject of several proposals and variants, but there was no time for any formal
speculation”. HMDCDR: comments of General Rajko Rakić on the text about ZP Split in the military-police
operation Storm.
174 SVA MORH, 7th Guards Brig.: 7th Guards B., cl. str. conf. 8/95-01/01, reg. no. 3112-03-T-95-134 of 4
August 1995; Daily operational report. SVA MORH, GSHV: ZP Split Command, cl. str. conf. 81/95-01/19,
reg. no. 1080-01-95-96 of 15 August 1995; Analysis of the off ensive operation Kozjak-95; M. Sekulić, “Knin
je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 189-190.
175 ZP Split Command; cl. str. conf. 81/95-01/16, reg. no.1080-01-95-226 of 4 August 1995; Daily report. SVA
MORH, ZP Split Command: 6th Home Guard Reg., IZM Gorje, cl. 8/95-01-88, reg. no 8311-01-01/95 of 12
August 1995; Report; SVA MORH, GSHV: ZP Split Command, IZM Zadar, cl. str. conf. 81/95-01/19, reg. no.
1080-01-95-56 of 15 August 1995; Analysis of Operation Kozjak-95.
176 SVA MORH, ZP Split Command, IZM Zadar, cl. 81/95-01/12, reg. no. 1080-01-95-267 of 4 August 1995;
Report. ZP Split Command, cl. str. conf. 81/95-01/126, reg. no. 1080-01-95-226 of 4 August 1995; Daily
report. SVA MORH, GSHV: ZP Split Command, cl. 81/95-01/19-35, reg. no. 1080/5-01-95-35 of 4 August
1995; Report. SVA MORH, GSHV: ZP Split Command, IZM Zadar, l. str. conf. 81/95-01/19, reg. no.1080-
01-95-56 of 15 August 1995; Analysis of off ensive operation Kozjak-95.
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