Battle of Hrvatska Kostajnica

Battle of Hrvatska Kostajnica
	Part of the Croatian War of Independence
Date	July 1991 - September 1991
Location	Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia
Result	SAO Krajina victory
Belligerents
Serbian Krajina	Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Branko Dmitrovic; Dragan Vasiljković	Zvonimir Kalan Nedjeljko Podunajec ; Janko Bobetko
Units involved
Yugoslav People's Army Knin Special Police Unit (Kninjas); Serbian paramilitaries; 7th Banija Division;	Croatian National Guard 1st “Tigers” Brigade; Zrinski Battalion; 120th Croatian National Guard brigade; Croatian Police units Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit; Zagreb active/reserve policemen; Hrvatska Kostajnica policemen;
Strength
1,000 - 2,000	400 - 450
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Many killed, many surrendered

The Battle of Hrvatska Kostajnica was a military engagement fought between SAO Krajina and the newly independent state of Croatia. The city suffered attacks a few days after Serbian “Operation Stinger” seeing much Croatian success in the first stage of the battle. Branko Dmitrovic along with his men made the decision to occupy Hrvatska Kostajnica.^[1]

Dragan Vasiljković and the Kninjas then ended the Siege by breaking the outer defense of Hrvatska Kostajnica, where the Croatian defenders would then surrender and be sent to Concentration camp(s).^[2]

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