Operation Storm

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Operation Storm was a major 1995 Croatian military offensive that decisively defeated rebel Serb forces in Croatia and helped bring the Yugoslav Wars toward their end.

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Operation Storm canonical 5
Operacija Oluja 1
Operation Storm 1995 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Croatian military operation
battle of the Croatian War of Independence
military offensive
belligerent Croatian Armed Forces
surface form: Croatian Army

Special Police of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior
codenameInCroatian Operation Storm self-linksurface differs
surface form: Operacija Oluja
commander Ante Gotovina
Franjo Tuđman
Gojko Šušak
Ivan Čermak
Mladen Markač
commanderOpposing Milan Martić
Mile Mrkšić
Čedomir Bulat
commemoration Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian Defenders
commemorationDate August 5
conflict Croatian War of Independence
controversy allegations of war crimes and ethnic cleansing against Serb civilians
country Croatia
dateOfEvent August 1995
displacementEffect large-scale flight of Serb civilians from Krajina
endDate 1995-08-07
followedBy Erdut Agreement
historicalSignificance decisive phase in ending large-scale fighting in Croatia
major turning point in the late phase of the Yugoslav Wars
ICTYOutcome acquittal of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač on appeal in 2012
initial convictions of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač in 2011
legalProceeding International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Croatian generals
location Croatia
Knin
Krajina region
notableEvent capture of Knin by Croatian forces
objective break the Republic of Serbian Krajina
recapture territories held by rebel Serb forces in Croatia
opposingForce Republic of Serbian Krajina forces
partOf Yugoslav Wars
politicalEffect contributed to negotiations leading to the Dayton Agreement
precededBy Operation Flash
result decisive Croatian victory
startDate 1995-08-04
strategicEffect collapse of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
shift of military balance in favor of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina government forces
supportedBy Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
surface form: Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in coordinated operations)

Croatian Defence Council
surface form: Croatian Defence Council (in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
symbolicAspect Knin
surface form: Knin was the capital of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
territorialChange Croatia regained control over most of Krajina
Croatia restored control over key transport routes in its territory
typeOfWarfare combined arms offensive

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Yugoslav Wars significantEvent Operation Storm
Operation Storm codenameInCroatian Operation Storm self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Operacija Oluja
Ante Gotovina commanded Operation Storm
Ante Gotovina participatedIn Operation Storm
Agim Çeku conflict Operation Storm
Knin event Operation Storm
this entity surface form: Operation Storm 1995