1991 in Croatia - Battle of Vukovar, Siege of Dubrovnik, Vukovar Massacre, Battle of the Barracks, Operation Coast-91, Battle of the Dal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Battle of Vukovar, Siege of Dubrovnik, Vukovar massacre, Battle of the Barracks, Operation Coast-91, Battle of the Dalmatian channels, Borovo Selo killings, Gospi massacre, Plitvice Lakes incident, Vo in massacre, Battle of Osijek, Erdut massacre, Pakrac clash, iroka Kula massacre, kabrnja massacre, Saborsko massacre, Battle of ibenik, 1991 Dalmatian anti-Serb riots, Bombing of Banski dvori, Operation Otkos 10, Operation Orkan 91, Operation Vihor, Croatian independence referendum, 1991, Jo evica massacre, Dalj massacre, Ba in massacre, Brijuni Agreement, Bru ka massacre, Ethnic cleansing of Lipova a, Vukovi i and Saborsko, Vukovar children massacre. Excerpt: The Battle of Vukovar (Croatian: , Serbian: ) was an 87-day siege of the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces - whose aim was to detach it from Croatia and annex it to the Republic of Serbian Krajina, which would form a union with Serbia and Montenegro - between August and November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. The town was defended by various Croatian soldiers and volunteers. It ended with the defeat of the local Croatian National Guard, the destruction of Vukovar, the death of at least 3,000 people as well as ethnic cleansing of at least 20,000 Croats from the city and surroundings. In its indictment against Slobodan Milo evi, The ICTY gave a brief summary of the events: In late August, the JNA laid siege to the city of Vukovar. By mid-October 1991, all other predominately Croat towns in Eastern Slavonia had been taken by Serb forces except Vukovar. Non-Serbs were subjected to a brutal occupation regime consisting of persecution, murder, torture and other acts of violence. Almost all of the non-Serb population was eventually killed or forced from...