Operation Brđani '91
| Operation Brđani '91 | |||||||
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| Part of the Croatian War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Yugoslavia | Croatia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Davor Smuđ | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Croatian Interior Ministry 2nd Guards Brigade “Thunders, Gromovi” Independent 57th battalion “Marijan Celjak” | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 86 – 87 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 5 killed, 17 wounded, | ||||||
| 1 Croatian soldier killed and 2 wounded during railway station ambush | |||||||
Operation Brđani '91 (Croatian: Operacija Brđani '91) was a military action under taken by the Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde, ZNG) and the 2nd Guards Brigade on August 22, 1991. The goal of the Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde, ZNG) and the 2nd Guards Brigade was to unblock communication lines between Sunja and Sisak in the Banovina region, which were under JNA - SAO Krajina control, the Croatian forces participating in this operation also attempted to stop the advance of the Yugoslav People’s Army in the SAO Western Slavonia battleground, including the roads around Komarevo and Sunj.