Operation Summer '95

Operation Summer '95 (Croatian: Operacija Ljeto '95) was a joint military offensive of Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council forces launched in Western Bosnia and Herzegovina in July of 1995 during the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War. It ended with a decisive victory for Croatian forces and paved the way for Operation Storm which was to follow in August. Most areas of western Bosnia and Herzegovina were controlled by Bosnian... more

Operation Summer '95 (Croatian: Operacija Ljeto '95) was a joint military offensive of Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council forces launched in Western Bosnia and Herzegovina in July of 1995 during the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War. It ended with a decisive victory for Croatian forces and paved the way for Operation Storm which was to follow in August. Most areas of western Bosnia and Herzegovina were controlled by Bosnian Serb (VRS) forces since the war in 1992. Bihać was the only area of Western Bosnia not to be under Serb control, as well as the Croat-held Herzegovina in the southwest. In 1994, Croatia and Bosnia signed the Washington Agreement and later Split agreement which enabled Croat and Bosnian units to cross the border in support of each other. By mid-1995, the Croatian Army was in the process of establishing authority among the Serb-held territories in Croatia. After Operation Flash in May, Croat forces started to plan an offensive to capture the... less