Operation Buna

Operation Buna
Part of the Croat–Bosniak War
Date9 January – 14 February 1994.
Location
Vitez, Busovača, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result HVO tactical victory
Belligerents
 Herzeg-Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Mate Boban
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Slobodan Praljak		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović
Bosnia and Herzegovina Rasim Delić
Units involved
ZP Vitez 3rd Corps
El Mujahid

The operation Buna was HVO's code name operation and response to the ARBiH attempt to split and weaken the enclave of Vitez and Busovača. ARBiH got less than a kilometer to divide Vitez and Busovača into 2 regions. The HVO began operation Buna driving them back and securing the area from a potential fall.[1][2]

  1. ^ "REKONSTRUKCIJA I SVJEDOČANSTVA: 9.1.1994. spada u najkrvavije i najteže u obrani 316 dana opkoljenog i potpuno blokiranog Vitez | Viteški.ba" (in Croatian). 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. ^ Urednistvo (2023-01-09). "9. siječnja 1994. – Pokolj nad Hrvatima u Buhinim kućama kod Viteza". Brotnjo.info | Čitluk - Međugorje - Hercegovina (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-07-17.