Operation Autumn '94

This article is about the operation carried out by the ARBiH in November 1994. For other operations codenamed "Operation Autumn '94", see Battle of Kupres (1994).
Operation Autumn '94
Part of the Bosnian War

The front in late Autumn 1994. Operation Autumn '94 is rapresented by the 2 green arrows south-east of Mostar.
Date11–20 November 1994
Location
Vranjevići, Podvelež and Velež, near Mostar, BiH
Result Army of Republika Srpska victory[1]
Belligerents
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Republika Srpska Zoran Perković Bosnia and Herzegovina Ramiz Dreković
Nezim "Muderis" Halilović (WIA)[2]
Esad Humo
Units involved

Army of Republika Srpska

  • Herzegovina corps (Army of Republika Srpska)

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Strength
About 4,000 men[3] 2,600 men[3]
Casualties and losses
22 killed[4]
217 wounded[4]
3 captured[5]		 200+ killed[4][6]
Hundreds wounded[5]
113 captured[7]

The Operation Autumn '94 (in Bosnian: Operacija Jesen '94), also called the Second Mitrovdan offensive (in Serbian Latin: Druga mitrovdanska ofanziva; in Serbian Cyrillic: Друга митровданска офанзива) was an operation carried out by the ARBiH against the VRS during the Bosnian War, with the goal of taking control over Podvelež and Velež, south-east of Mostar.[8]

  1. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of The Yugoslav Wars. Central Intelligence Agency. p. 496.
  2. ^ "HALILOVIC, Nezim - Muderis".
  3. ^ a b Šefko Hodžić (2007). Operation Autumn '94. Sarajevo: DES.
  4. ^ a b c "Remembrance of the Mitrovdan battles in 1992 and 1994 on the Nevesin battlefield". Jadovno 1941 (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2023-07-14.
  5. ^ a b "ZORAN JANJIĆ - TO MEET MITROVDAN (3): The Second Mitrovdan Offensive - the battle that determined the outcome of the war". kk.rks-gov.net (in Serbian). 2020-11-13. Archived from the original on 2024-02-23.
  6. ^ "Слом 4.корпуса тзв.Армије БиХ [eng esp sub]". YouTube (in Serbian). 31 August 2010.
  7. ^ Zoran Janjic (2017). The Nevesin Brigade in the 1992-1995 war. Nevesinje. p. 395. ISBN 978-99938-722-9-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.