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    The Croatian Defence Forces (Croatian: Hrvatske obrambene snage or HOS) were the paramilitary arm of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) from 1991 to 1992...
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    the Croatian Armed Forces in national defence and the fulfilment of obligations arising from NATO membership, the missions and tasks of the Croatian Armed...
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    The Croatian Defence Council (Croatian: Hrvatsko vijeće obrane, HVO) was the armed wing of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, a breakaway...
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    The People's Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Narodna odbrana Zapadne Bosne, NOZB) was a paramilitary unit founded...
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    The Croatian War of Independence was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which...
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    The Croatian Air Force (Croatian: Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo or HRZ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is tasked primarily...
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  • Dretelj camp (category Croatian war crimes in the Bosnian War)
    Dretelj prison was a prison camp run by the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) and later by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) during the Bosnian War. The camp...
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    The Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde or ZNG) was an armed force established by Croatia in April and May 1991 during the Croatian War...
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  • The Battle of Travnik (Croatian: Bitka za Travnik) was a battle between the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and...
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    the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Glavni stožer Oružanih snaga Republike Hrvatske) is a joint body of the Armed Forces of the Republic...
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    ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske or MORH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which...
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    forces in the Croat-Bosniak conflict was denied by the Croatian government. The Croatian Defence Forces (HOS), the paramilitary wing of the Croatian Party...
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    The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (Croatian: Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and...
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  • Ante Paradžik (category Articles with Croatian-language sources (hr))
    Tuđman disarm Croatian Defence Forces and soon afterwards Tuđman issued a command to disarm the Croatian Defence Forces and to ban the Croatian Party of Rights...
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  • Thomas Crowley (soldier) (category CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr))
    death he held the rank of Major in the Croatian Defence Forces and in 2012 was posthumously awarded the Croatian Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto...
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  • Blaž Kraljević (category CS1 Serbo-Croatian-language sources (sh))
    September 1947 – 9 August 1992) was a Bosnian Croat paramilitary leader who commanded the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS) during the Bosnian War. An immigrant...
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    J-21s flew from Udbina air base in the self-proclaimed Croatian Serb proto-state within Croatia known as the RSK. Two Soko J-22 Orao ground attack aircraft...
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    in which it was carried out by the Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to expel Muslims and Croats from their homes, did not constitute genocide...
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    The Croatian Army (Croatian: Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the land force branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is numerically the largest of...
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  • of Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia and Croatia declared independence. War broke out in Croatia between the Croatian Army and the breakaway Serb Krajina....
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    The Croatian Armed Forces were formed in 1944 with the uniting of the Croatian Home Guard and the Ustaše Militia in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH)...
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  • Bosnian Croats were organized into the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). A sizable number of Bosniaks also joined. The Croatian Defence Forces (HOS), led...
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    Washington Agreement (category Croatian War of Independence)
    by Croatia, and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Defence Forces. It lasted from 18 October 1992 to 23 February 1994, and is considered...
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  • Ante Prkačin (category Croatian Defence Council soldiers)
    14 November 1953) is a Croatian politician and businessman and a former general of the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council. Prkačin was born...
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  • Sijekovac killings (category CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr))
    of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Defence Forces. In 2002, during the ICTY Prijedor massacre Trial against Milomir...
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    2000, F-18 and one Croatian Air Force MiG-21. The VRS received support from the Yugoslav Army and FR Yugoslavia. The Croatian Defence Council was the main...
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  • Croatian Special Operations Forces Command (Croatian: Zapovjedništvo specijalnih snaga OSRH) is one of the three independent commands of the Croatian...
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    linked military offensives of the Croatian Army, the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Croatian Defence Council launched in western Bosnia...
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    Ahmići massacre (category Croatian war crimes in the Bosnian War)
    approximately 120 Bosniak civilians by members of the Croatian Defence Council in April 1993, during the Croat–Bosniak War. The massacre was the culmination of...
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