Operation Spider

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Operation Spider
Part of the Bosnian War and Inter-Bosnian Muslim War
Western Bosnia is the light green canton in the middle
Date 4 November 1994 – Summer 1995[a] Location Velika Kladuša, Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia 45°11′N 15°48′E / 45.183°N 15.800°E / 45.183; 15.800 Result Operation halted due to Operation "Storm" The AZPB is temporarily re-enstablished[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Republika Srpska  Republic of Serbian Krajina	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Franko Simatović "Frenki"[4][2][3] Jovan "Jovica" Stanišić[2][3]	Atif Dudaković Izet Nanić
Units involved
1st Krajina Corps Red Berets[2][3] Arkan Tigers[2][3] Scorpions[2][3] 15 Lika Corps 21 Kordun Corps 39 Banija Corps	ARBiH 5th Corps

Operation Spider (Serbo-Croatian: Operacija Pauk, Операција Паук) were a series of military actions in northwestern Bosnia that began on November 1994 and continued until the summer of 1995.^[2][3] It was a combined effort of Republika Srpska and the Republic of Serb Krajina to recover the territory of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (APZB), which was a key ally of the Serbs. Franko Simatović^[2][4][3] and Jovica Stanišić^[2][3] commanded the offensive. The Bosnian central government had previously overrun and seized the territory. The offensive ended in a Serb victory and the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia remained in existence until the fall of its key ally, the Republic of Serbian Krajina, and the subsequent end of the war.

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