Operation Majevica

Operation Majevica
Part of the Bosnian war
DateMarch – May 1995
Location
Majevica and surrounding areas
Result Army of Republika Srpska victory[1]
Belligerents
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Ratko Mladić
Milenko Živanović [sr]
Ljubiša Savić		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Delic
Units involved

Army of Republika Srpska

Army of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Strength
8,000 16,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 600 killed

Operation Majevica was the code name of the operation and an attempt by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) to control the peaks of Stolica, Banj brdo and occupy Lopare. This battle took place in the most difficult year of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), 1995, but despite all the attacks of the ARBiH, the VRS defended the villages of Priboj, Piperi, Vakuf, Brusnica, the peaks on Majevica and the repeater.[2][3]

  1. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  2. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  3. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.