Battle of Pakrac
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The Battle of Pakrac was an early 1991 armed clash between Croatian forces and Serb insurgents in the town of Pakrac, marking one of the first significant confrontations of the Croatian War of Independence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed clash
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battle ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Croatian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Plitvice Lakes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
further clashes in the Croatian War of Independence ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Pakrac clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Croatian police forces
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Croatian special police ⓘ Serb insurgents ⓘ Serb rebels in Pakrac ⓘ Yugoslav People’s Army NERFINISHED ⓘ local Serb Territorial Defense forces ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Serb opposition to Croatian government authority
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attempt by Serb insurgents to seize control of local institutions in Pakrac ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalOrderInWar | one of the first major incidents of the Croatian War of Independence ⓘ |
| hasCombatantSide |
Croatian government forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serb insurgent forces in Croatia ⓘ |
| hasContext | rising ethnic tensions between Croats and Serbs in Croatia in early 1991 ⓘ |
| hasDate |
1991-03-01
ⓘ
1991-03-02 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Pakrac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Socialist Republic of Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
Croatian police regained control of Pakrac police station
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Serb insurgents were disarmed in Pakrac ⓘ Yugoslav People’s Army intervened as a buffer force ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext |
Serb push for autonomy within Croatia
ⓘ
move toward Croatian independence from Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| hasResult | Croatian victory ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
demonstrated willingness of Croatian police to confront Serb insurgents
ⓘ
marked the beginning of open armed conflict in parts of Croatia ⓘ prompted greater involvement of the Yugoslav People’s Army in Croatia ⓘ |
| hasTheater | Western Slavonia front of the Croatian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | urban combat ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| involvesEthnicGroup |
Croats
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
an early confrontation between Croatian authorities and Serb insurgents
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one of the first armed clashes of the Croatian War of Independence ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Log Revolution in Croatia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serb insurgency in Croatia 1990–1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Croatian War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | escalating political crisis in Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| tookPlaceBefore | full-scale war in Croatia later in 1991 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Western Slavonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
town of Pakrac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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