Croatian War of Independence

Croatian War of Independence
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Clockwise from top left: the central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia; soldiers of the Croatian Army preparing to destroy a Serbian tank; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš
Date 31 March 1991 – 12 November 1995[A 3] (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Croatia[A 4] Result Croatian victory Yugoslav army formally withdrew from Croatia from January 1992 under the Sarajevo Agreement; Croatian forces regained control over most of Republic of Serbian Krajina-held territory; Croatian forces advanced into Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist the united Bosnian and Croatian side, which led to the eventual end of the Bosnian War in December 1995. Territorial changes The Croatian government gains control over the vast majority of territory previously held by rebel Serbs, with the remainder coming under UNTAES control.[A 5]
Belligerents
1991–94: Croatia[A 1]	1991–92: SFR Yugoslavia SAO Krajina SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia SAO Western Slavonia
1994–95: Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina [A 2]	1992–95: Republic of Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska[1]
Commanders and leaders
Franjo Tuđman Gojko Šušak Anton Tus Janko Bobetko Zvonimir Červenko Petar Stipetić Ante Gotovina	Slobodan Milošević Veljko Kadijević Blagoje Adžić Života Panić Milan Martić Milan Babić Goran Hadžić Jovica Stanišić Franko Simatović Radovan Karadžić Ratko Mladić
Strength
70,000 (1991)[2] 200,000 (1995)[3]	145,000 (1991) 50,000 (1995)
Casualties and losses
15,007 dead or missing 8,685 soldiers and 6,322 civilians killed or missing[4] 300,000 displaced[5]	7,134 dead or missing 4,484 soldiers and 2,650 civilians killed or missing 1,279 soldiers killed 7,204 dead or missing 3,486 soldiers, 2,677 civilians and 864 unidentified killed or missing 7,204–8,106 dead or missing in total 300,000 displaced

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and local Serb forces.

In Croatia, the war is known as the "Homeland War" (Croatian: Domovinski rat) and also as the "Greater-Serbian Aggression".

In Serbian sources, "War in Croatia" and (rarely) "War in Krajina" are used.^[6]
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1. ↑ Peter Maass (16 July 1992). "Serb Artillery Hits Refugees – At Least 8 Die As Shells Hit Packed Stadium". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
2. ↑ Tus: U listopadu '91. HV je imao 70.000 vojnika^{[dead link]} Domovinski rat.hr
3. ↑ "Centar domovinskog rata - 1995". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
4. ↑ Zebić, Enis (15 January 2018). "Ljudski gubici u ratu u Hrvatskoj: 22.211 osoba" [Human Casualties in the Croatian War: 22,211 Persons]. Radio Free Europe (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
5. ↑ Phuong 2005, p. 157. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPhuong2005 (help)
6. ↑ "Srbija-Hrvatska, temelj stabilnosti" [Serbia-Croatia, foundation of stability] (in Serbian). B92. 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.