Operation Storm

Operation Storm
Part of the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War
Map of Operation Storm Forces:   Croatia   RSK   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date 4–7 August 1995 Location Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Result Decisive Croatian victory End of large-scale combat in the Croatian War of Independence Most of Republic of Serbian Krajina territory captured by Croatia Boost to diplomacy that led to the Erdut Agreement, ending the war Exodus of Serb civilians Strategic Bosnian victory: AP Western Bosnia abolished End of the siege of Bihać Territorial changes Croatia regained 10,400 km2 (4,000 sq mi) of territory.
Belligerents
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republic of Serbian Krajina  Republika Srpska AP Western Bosnia
Commanders and leaders
Zvonimir Červenko Ante Gotovina Mirko Norac Miljenko Crnjac Ivan Basarac Petar Stipetić Luka Džanko Atif Dudaković	Mile Mrkšić Mile Novaković Slobodan Kovačević Stevan Ševo Čedo Bulat (POW) Milorad Stupar Slobodan Tarbuk Ratko Mladić Fikret Abdić
Strength
Croatia: 130,000 soldiers ARBiH: 3,000 soldiers	ARSK: 27,000–34,000 soldiers AP Western Bosnia: 4,000–5,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
174–211 killed 1,100–1,430 wounded 3 captured	560 killed 4,000 POWs
Serb civilian deaths: 214 (Croatian claim) – 1,192 (Serbian claim) Refugees: 150,000–200,000 Serbs from the former RSK 21,000 Bosniaks from the former APWB 22,000 Bosniaks and Croats from the Republika Srpska Other: 4 UN peacekeepers killed and 16 wounded

Decisive Croatian victory

Strategic Bosnian victory:

 Croatia

 Republic of Serbian Krajina
 Republika Srpska

Operation Storm (Croatian: Operacija Oluja) was the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and a major factor in the outcome of the Bosnian War. It was a decisive victory for the Croatian Army (HV), which attacked across a 630-kilometre (390 mi) front against the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK), and a strategic victory for the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH). The HV was supported by the Croatian special police advancing from the Velebit Mountain, and the ARBiH located in the Bihać pocket, in the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina's (ARSK) rear. The battle, launched to restore Croatian control of 10,400 square kilometres (4,000 square miles) of territory, representing 18.4% of the territory it claimed, and Bosnian control of Western Bosnia, was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Operation Storm commenced at dawn on 4 August 1995 and was declared complete on the evening of 7 August, despite significant mopping-up operations against pockets of resistance lasting until 14 August.

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