He was an economist Not a soldier in Yugoslavia
He followed the example of or rather imitated the example of Julius Caesar who went through Gaul with only sword Unarmed in Rome
The Jugoslav Narodna Army found that it was possible to clear a city with a little bit of artillery shelling
This city was evacuated
The push to Zagreb halted''''''
r was in danger from Vukovar veteran soldiers Chetnik here
In Yugoslavia 7 months
Messerschmitt 204 205 700 h They were all lawyers and teachers
r started the process of obtaining his commission in Canada for the Canadian Military
Before leaving for Croatia
This was the reason for r's delay in arriving in Croatia
r was an Economics student at university
Age 22
r arrived at the Fall of Vukovar
Armed conflict began on r's birthday April 1991
Difficulties arose in 1989 200 years after the French Revolution
Caesar politely avoided speaking of himself Irrelevantly
Which is the example r would have better followed
Describing the map above
r was in Osijek
There was a sort of massing or entrenchment
south or the city and to the east
There were Chetniks at key places As train in the city
r passed by thickets with Chetnik positions
There was a massing
As the city was not an objective
Not in the Krajina
The city appeared evacuated
Chetnik advance was not done
There were tanks? Artillery around the city
With massing armour and soldiers
It was a front
Not objective
A few observations Connect the dots
War with weaponry began March 31 1991 in Plitvice an exchange of small arms fire brthdy sndr
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War would be found in the coloured areas of mixed Serb Croatian If one can imagine a mixed town Taking arms against his fellow With a small cache of rifles and other small arms as sparingly acquired A sort of city fighting itself?? R was in the Krajina for a short time He guesses
Krajina is coloured area
Yugoslav colonel Military school With an understanding of the Rules of warfare
General Blago Zadro
March 31 1944-October 16 1991
Defenders must have escaped in holes in enemy lines in the last days of the battle?
"The remainder a few changed clothes to civilian clothes and walked out under the sword"
As far as r could see Vukovar was as Troy A large city levelled by artillery 800000 shells October to November 18 1991 The second most shelled city in the war in Croatia Osijek or little Vukovar Truly there there was little noticeable damage A 1000 volunteers defended Vukovar
Soldiers valiantly holding their positions as formed
Mladenova the nearest Serbian city to Vukovar
Not staying with a single city
Arriving upon the fall of Vukovar
It seemed cities were a number of paper fire
He did not spend enough time in the Krajina
Kit an English mercenary stationed in Osijek
"Dogs of War " "Croatia"
Karl is an officer of ha
Osijek was the only all English company in Croatia''
r crossed paths with him
There was a sort entrenchment or massing south of Osijek
So that generals decided to evacuate the city?
General Glavas' city was not overrun though
As far as r could see Osijek contained no significant battles
It was shown that the non Krajina territories Could not Or did not want to be taken
So that r could be 10 km from a significant battle With a sort of like this is like the rest of Europe This is because they didn't want that territory
r saw Damir Sireta in Slavonia?
Arkan's Tigrovi
No first hand knowledge
Different od Sesel Where a political party puts on uniforms
Different from Chetnik Nostalgic of Colonel Mihalovic
Hooligans from stadiums Following battle everywhere to Bosnia also
They cleared town Committing many war crimes
Crime followed their train
They followed battle Not a territorial 'regiment'
"''"Heroics against unarmed civilians""''
r does not have a first hand observation of their role
War in coloured areas
These were areas with Serbs making up part of the population
Belittling an Artillery nco
Only because they are so ungenerous
The only reason for military school is to be nco
v was called Napoleon with r's friends
As to unfold a thought
Curious what was on the other side of that hill
Or 10 km away
Colonel Karadzic A Yugoslav officer A very strong understanding of the principles of warfare
Certain cities was always in the news
If r visited
There was battle
Often paper fire
That came and went??
For example at Delnice Working people sought military clothes and weaponry So he was working person one day The next he was soldier Poorly armed Unsure if General Tudjman organized the by prefecture His friends on Losinj r thinks travelled a relatively short distance to Gospic they described as dangerous In Karlowitz a larger city It was shelling Not house to house Which might have pushed out a Serb or Croat population Then in an wrong way a city territory was in Serb or Croat hands as the case might be???
MiGs fire a sort of unguided rocket Always flying in pairs
This port city is an example of seeing war Though it was not on the colored map
MiGs could be seen over shipyards in Rijeka
With sirens and blackouts
Vtrn 42+ This would be the age of the youngest veterans
Surreal shell damage A surreal feeling in the air So to speak
r viewed in passing this artillery battle in Karlowitz
r skirted these battles to view geography
The areas skirted were in news reports Though visible material damage would not be significant
So that an area would see war Though it would not be in a war zone per se {s}
Vukovar and Osijek themselves could be considered a ""territorial defense"" Men from that city itself Defending that city with lots of volunteers from patriots from elsewhere in the country
Serb jna desertions were a problem With resulting right wing? paramilitary strengthening
r released August 4 -7 1995 Serbs voluntarily and coerced to leave Croatia in Operation Storm
Blue would be Croat and Serb populations mixed
Torching of buildings and atrocities would have occurred in blue regions
An illegal order is against Geneva
To commit to memory a concise Canada law is the only prerequisite to being sworn in as soldier
General Glavas who lead the city of Osijek in the war A very fine soldier A soldier of principles
nco Thomas Crowly SAS instructor left the sas Highly regarded in Yugoslavia fighting for the Croatian side in Bosnia
r only in Canada these exercises
r observed jna artillery r was not in Krajina long enough to observe mixed population battle??
r could see the jna bunkers and passed armed positions in thickets So that these perhaps were some sort of trench warfare To use that phrase Battle street to street Not sure
In Osijek Significant building Had significantly high sand bags Carefully placed Yet these were for artillery as he could see set purpose
Though r saw in Karlovatz a city with r thinks mixed population before the war That jna were shelling with artillery pieces A city held by Croatians Similarly in Osijek Though mixed Jna were shelling a city held by Croats Until such massing occurred at the outskirts of the city That the city was evacuated
Guessing from the handguns that he saw Their was a free possession of this weapon in non war areas
r friends including the commandant of the island Who joked r as mercenary though not in Croatia on Losinj who if r remembers were in Gospic A sort of dangerous stalemate in the Krajina
r's cousin was in a sort of dangerous stalemate in Dubrovnik If r understands this
The spouse of r's cousin a jna officer A very romantic figure Cared more for whiskey than war
r met a beautiful young woman Whom he would marry Though he kept her beauty to himself As she was married to a soldier Upon arrival from Ljubljana
The trains were full of peasants General Tudjman in a way evacuated towns with turbulence Placing these refugees in Croatia's many hotels So that r imagines these towns harboured only loyal soldiers
There were many teens r wish to marry As he had not seen such pleasant young women
Black uniforms a sort of military nostalgia lead by a political leader Paraguay Nostalgia of independence not an evil ideology General Tudjman created one army of the para militaries at the close of 1991Could be seen in December
Most mercenaries few carried an ideology
r's family belonged the the Peasant Party
The small pencilled arcs indicate artillery Giving a fair picture of battle
Sword & star Battle of the Barracks {sword} Garrison {star}
Battles of a few days in non war areas
?For example Rijeka is a barracks They call it a garrison?
Crossed swords day battle for barracks
Sesel a Serb political military figure who followed battle everywhere
Political parties put on uniforms
Red indicates minefields Krijina
A line of defense after the 1991 war{?}
Varazdin saw a few days Battle in the Battle of the Barracks
After the military weaponry was transported out of the city
It was a completely non war zone
General Tudjman began the Battle of the Barracks across Croatia September 14 1991 mrn brthd
A relatively small arms cache from the barracks would be distributed sparingly With artillery here an artillery piece there throughout the Krajina as required Depending of whether Serb or Croatian won the Barracks battle It seems Though r visited these barracks cities after the fact JNA were allowed to leave the Barracks city if they didn't make trouble
A Battle for a Zagreb Barracks a few days To release military weaponry and MiG strike October 7 1991 The little war Zagreb saw It seems the artillery of Sisak could be heard in the quiet of night
Serbs tried to win battles strictly with artillery in some cases
r viewed in passing this lengthy artillery battle in Zadar and Sibenik
With shells falling near him
Vukovar November 18 1991 The fall of Vukovar Here Colonel Sljivancanin 1991 A fine Tito general
The colonel was a model jna soldier And also a gentleman
A naval bombardment 2 weeks before r arrived Day battle
War was forgotten
This area saw war of a few days Though it would not be considered a war zone
r sort of crossed paths with the brilliant general
General Karadzic was the model of Tito's army regardless of nationality
Other meritorious jna officers Croat and Serb and Muslim resemble the General
He practiced his warfare for Bosnia in the Split Knin hinterland
General Karadzic A model Tito senior officer A brilliant general "who fought with zero weaponry and won a war by stalemate" No idea what strategy prevented defeat
He was a man of the finest merit
When Field Marshal Tito died in 1980
The government he wanted to inherit Yugoslavia failed in 1989
Josip Broz Tito here near death
Tito as very smart
Essay stay with personal observations
A few observations Lots of connect the dotsAs much as he would like to lie He avoids this weakness
As a reputation to lie
A few observations Lots of connect the dots
r was in Yugoslavia 7 months
1991
Massing
encircle
advance engage without expectation
chaos and disorder Typical of small weapons
Arrows on a military map
a to b to c
engage at f and h and I
arrows are advance
Napoleonic formations as antiquarian
chaotic
form lines at best
typical of small arms
r was Economics major Yr 4 1991 Here in Yugoslavia
Studying military history as a minor at college
Artillery junior officer after graduating Economics
In Yugoslavia as a boy
v went to Military College
The only reason to go to Military School is to be nco None other
v bought uniforms for the soldiers 1991
r's friends called him N
