Military history of Croatia

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The military history of Croatia includes the history of wars, battles and all military affairs fought in the territory of modern Croatia and the military history of the Croats regardless of geography.

Croatian duke Ljudevit Posavski raised in 819 in Pannonian Croatia a rebellion against Frankish rule.

Petar Svačić, the last native king of the independent kingdom of Croatia, was defeated and killed by King Coloman of Hungary in the Battle of Gvozd Mountain (1097).

Notable battles include:

• Battle of the Bosnian Highlands (927)
• Battle of Gvozd Mountain (1097)
• Siege of Zadar (1202) - part of Fourth Crusade
• Battle of Krbava field (1493)
• Siege of Klis (1524)
• Siege of Jajce (1524)
• Battle of Mohács (1526)
• Battle of Szigetvár (1566)
• Battle of Sisak (1593)
• Battle of Vis (1866)
• Battle of Soča (1915)
• Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
• Battle of Neretva (1943)
• Battle of Sutjeska (1943)
• Battle of Sarajevo (1945)
• Battle of Vukovar (1991)
• Operation Otkos 10 (1991)
• Siege of Dubrovnik (1991)
• Operation Maslenica (1993)
• Operation Medak pocket (1993)
• Operation Flash (1995)
• Operation Ljeto '95 (1995)
• Operation Storm (1995)

[edit] See also

• History of Croatia
• Military of Croatia
• Military history
• Ottoman wars in Europe

[edit] References

• Enciklopedija leksikografskog zavoda 1966-69 (on Croatian)