Battle for Osijek
| date | August 1991 to June 1992 |
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| place | Croatia |
| output | Croatian Armed Forces victory |
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Franjo Tuđman |
Veljko Kadijević
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The Battle of Osijek was the unsuccessful attempt by the Yugoslav People's Army to capture the city of Osijek in eastern Croatia . It took place during the Croatian War from August 1991 to June 18, 1992.
initial situation
After the Yugoslav People's Army captured Vukovar , Osijek was the next target on the campaign in Croatia. The city was exposed to massive artillery fire.
During the battle, a large number of Croatian refugees from the surrounding areas were in Osijek.
The Croatian authorities tried thirteen JNA officers in absentia for war crimes against the civilian population. However, these eluded the Croatian judiciary abroad.
Consequences of the attacks on the city
By June 1992 around 800 people were killed and many wounded by the artillery bombardment .
literature
- Jerry Blaskovich: Anatomy of Deceit: An American Physician's First-Hand Encounter With the Realities of the War in Croatia . Dunhill Publishing, Sonoma, California 1997, ISBN 978-0-935016-24-6 . - Chapter 6: The Devastation of Osijek and the Smoldering Ashes of Vukovar
Individual evidence
- ^ Mary Evelyn Jegen, Sign of hope: the Center for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights in Osijek, p. 14