Battle for Antunovac

Battle of Antunovac
Part of the Croatian War of Independence

Map showing the fighting in eastern Slavonia, September 1991 – January 1992
Date20 November – 24 November 1991
Location
Antunovac, Croatia
Result Yugoslav People's Army victory[1]
Belligerents
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia		  Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Ražnatović Croatia Nikola Huđin
Units involved

Yugoslav People's Army

Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Territorial Defense
Serb Volunteer Guard

Armed Forces of Croatia

Croatian Police
Croatian Defence Forces
Casualties and losses
Unknown 42 killed, mostly soldiers[2]
22 Croat civilians killed[3]

The Battle of Antunovac was a battle during the Croatian War of Independence. Fought between 20 November and 24 November 1991. It was fought between Croatia, and SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia which was supported by the Yugoslav People's Army. In the late afternoon of November 24, 1991, Antunovac was captured by the forces of the JNA and rebel Serbs.[4]

  1. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  2. ^ "Antunovac se prisjetio najtežeg dana u povijesti".
  3. ^ https://balkaninsight.com/2013/10/16/croatia-indicts-yugoslav-army-officer-for-war-crimes/
  4. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.