| Operation Munja '93 | |||||||
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| Part of the Bosnian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
 Republika Srpska (1992–1995) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Izet Nanić |
 Ranko Dabić | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 505th Buzim Brigade |
1st Novigrad Light Brigade | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 360 soldiers | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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18 dead |
163 dead several hundred wounded | ||||||
Operation Munja 93 was one of the most successful Operations from the Army of the Republic of Bosnia executed by the 505th Buzim brigade where they liberated a considerable area of state territory in the area of Banjan. [1]
Background[]
The Operation was planned in great secrecy in October 1992. 360 fighters from the 505th Buzim Brigade were engaged for this Operation and they were divide into 6 groups. The same number of fighters were engaged without weapons, behind the first combat groups, and their task was to evacuate the wounded and killed in battle and to pass the weapons of the fighters thrown out of the machine and possibly captured barrels to the fighters without weapons. On the serb side there was 1 battalion of the 1st Novigrad Light Brigade.[1]
The Operation[]
The main attack was directed on Banjan and Dobro Selo and the operation was started on 11 January with attacks on Serb bunkers and the start of this battle was also marked by the war cry "Takbir - Allahu Akbar".[2] In just two hours of fighting the heaviest defeat up to that time was inflicted on the 1st Krajina Corps of the VRS. The operation was mostly completed by ten o'clock, when the fighters took control of most of the planned positions, except for the Banjan school, which was captured two days later. In the following days, the aggressor even tried to regain lost positions with special forces but it was unsuccessfull,
Aftermath[]
In the operation 40 km2 of land was liberated by the 505th Buzim Brigade.[1] 18 soldiers of the 505th Buzim Brigade died and 8 of them died and on the first day of the operation, on the Serb side there were 163 dead soldiers[3] and several hundred wounded.[4] This operations gave the 505th Bužim Brigade a recognizable image.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eldar (2022-07-13). "Operacija "Munja 93" - akcija koja je 505. bužimsku brigadu uzdigla u rang najelitnijih jedinica ARBiH" (in bs-BA). https://bosnae.info/index.php/operacija-munja-93-akcija-koja-je-505-buzimsku-brigadu-uzdigla-u-rang-najelitnijih-jedinica-arbih-2.
- ↑ Media, INAT (2022-01-11). "Munja '93: Operacija koja je odredila pravac borbe Bužimljana" (in bs). https://www.inat.ba/munja-93-operacija-koja-je-odredila-pravac-borbe-buzimljana.
- ↑ Elkasovic, Qlick by Nermin (2017-01-24). "Munja '93 - priča o pobjedi nenaoružane Bosanske Vojske" (in bs-ba). https://buzimljani.ba/munja-93-prica-o-pobjedi-nenaoruzane-bosanske-vojske/.
- ↑ Redakcija (2019-08-05). "Na Izeta se hiljade ljeta čekalo" (in bs-BA). https://www.inmedia.ba/na-izeta-se-hiljade-ljeta-cekalo/.
- ↑ "Počela operacija "Munja '93"" (in bs). https://historija.ba/d/564-pocela-operacija-munja-93.
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