Operation Bøllebank

Operation Bøllebank
	Part of the Bosnian War
	; UN convoy near Tuzla during the Bosnian War in 1994
Date	April 29, 1994
Location	Near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result	UNPROFOR victory UN forces repulses Bosnian Serb ambush; ;
Belligerents
UNPROFOR Denmark; Sweden; Norway; ;	Republika Srpska
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Christer Svensson NORDBAT2-CO; Lt. Colonel Lars R. Møller NORDBAT2-CoS; Major Carsten Rasmussen Sqn-CO	Unknown
Units involved
Jutland Dragoon Regiment; Swedish regiment; NORDBAT 2	East Bosnia Corps
Strength
7 Leopard 1 A5 tanks; (1st & 2nd platoon plus squ leader); 1 APC PBV302 (Btn HQ post); 3 Leopard 1 A5 in reserve (3rd platoon)	3 T-55 tanks; Anti-tank missiles; Several artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
1 tank damaged	Between 9 (Serb sources) and 150 (other sources) soldiers killed, with a similar amount of injured; Ammunition store destroyed; Three T-55 tanks disabled

The Operation Bøllebank (English: Operation Bully Bashing) is the name given to the military confrontation between Bosnian Serb military forces and Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish combat units composing the United Nations Protection Force's (UNPROFOR) Nordic Battalion (NORDBAT 2), outside of the city of Tuzla on 29 April 1994.

When trying to relieve Swedish forces at the Tango 2 observation post past the village of Kalesija, Danish forces of the Jydske Dragonregiment were ambushed by the Bosnian Serb Šekovići brigade. The ambush was dispersed by backup UN forces retaliating with heavy fire from Danish Leopard 1 A5 tanks in two separate firefights. While no Danish or Swedish soldiers were killed in the operation, estimates place the number of Serb deaths as high as 150.

The incident is the first time the Danish Armed Forces had carried out combat operations since the Second World War nearly fifty years prior, and is the source of ongoing debate and controversy as to the rights of UN peacekeeping forces to exert force and engage in direct combat.