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Armed forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina; faction in the Croatian War of Independence
The
Serbian Army of Krajina
(
SAK
,
Serbo-Croatian
:
Srpska vojska Krajine
,
Српска во?ска Кра?ине
, abbr.
SVK
), also known as the
Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
or
Krajina Serbian Army
, was the armed forces of the
Republic of Serbian Krajina
(RSK). The SVK consisted of ground and air elements.
Created through the merger of the
Territorial Defense
of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (TORSK), units of the
Yugoslav People's Army
(JNA) and the Krajina Militia, the SVK was officially established on 19 March 1992. Responsible for the security of the RSK, its area of responsibility covered an area of some 17,028 km² at its peak, as it was located entirely inland it thus had no naval forces. The SVK, along with the state of RSK, ceased to exist in 1995 following the Croatian military offensive
Operation Storm
.
Organization
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Commanders-in-Chief
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No.
|
Portrait
|
Commander-in-Chief
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
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Party
|
1
| | Babi?, Milan
Milan Babi?
(1956?2006)
| 19 December 1991
| 16 February 1992
| 1 month
|
| SDS
|
2
| | Had?i?, Goran
Goran Had?i?
(1958?2016)
| 26 February 1992
| 12 December 1993
| 1 year, 9 months
|
| SDS
|
(1)
| | Babi?, Milan
Milan Babi?
(1956?2006)
| 12 December 1993
| 23 January 1994
| 1 month
|
| SDS
|
3
| | Marti?, Milan
Milan Marti?
(born 1954)
| 23 January 1994
| 7 August 1995
| 1 year, 6 months
|
| SPS
|
Commanders
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No.
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Portrait
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Commander
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
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Defence branch
|
1
| | Novakovi?, Mile
Major general
Mile Novakovi?
(1950?2015)
| 1992
| 1994
| 1?2 years
|
Army
|
2
| | ?eleketi?, Milan
Major general
Milan ?eleketi?
(born 1946)
| 1994
| 1995
| 0?1 years
|
Army
|
3
| | Mrk?i?, Mile
General
Mile Mrk?i?
(1947?2015)
| 1995
| 1995
| 0 years
|
Army
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Structure
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- 105th Aviation Brigade
- 44th Air defense rocket brigade
- 75th Mixed artillery brigade
- "Pauk" Operational Group
- Special forces corps
- 7th Dalmatia (
Dalmatinski
) corps
- 15th Lika (
Li?ki
) corps
- 21st Kordun (
Bordunski
) corps
- 39th Banija (
Banijski
) corps
- 18th West-Slavonia (
Zapadnoslavonski
) corps
- 11th East-Slavonia (
Isto?noslavonski
) corps
At the creation of the army, it was planned that its number would be 80,000 people, however it turned out to be less.
- According to
Colonel
Kosta Novakovi?: 62,483 (772 officers, 2,709 non-commissioned officers and 59,002 soldiers) or 78% of the planned number.
- According to the
General Staff
in 1994: 62,805 (2,890 officers, 4,329 non-commissioned officers and 55,886 soldiers).
[3]
- According to
General
Milisav Sekuli?: 71,409 (3,291 officers, 3,424 non-commissioned officers and 60,496 soldiers).
[3]
Equipment
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- Armored Vehicles
- Artillery
- Anti-aircraft
- Aircraft
- Other
Gallery
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-
Krajina Airforce G-2 Galeb
-
Krajina Airforce Aerospatiale Gazelle
-
Krajina Airforce Utva 66
-
Krajina Airforce Zlin Z-526
War crimes
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During the Croatian War of Independence, numerous massacres were conducted by the Army of Serbian Krajina. On 2?3 May 1995, seven civilians were killed and many more injured in the
Zagreb rocket attacks
.
[4]
[5]
The main leaders of the Serbian Army of Krajina,
Milan Marti?
,
Milan Babi?
and
Goran Had?i?
, were indicted and trialled by the
ICTY
for various war crimes and crimes against humanity. Milan Marti? was sentenced to 35 years in prison,
[6]
Milan Babi? was sentenced to 13 years,
[7]
while Goran Had?i? died shortly after their trial started.
[8]
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