Operation Sudbina

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Operation Sudbina
Part of the Bosnian War
Date 3 — 10 August 1992 Location Komušina Gora, Slatina, Kamenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Result VRS victory VRS breaks through ARBiH and HVO defense lines
Belligerents
Republika Srpska	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia
Commanders and leaders
Vlado Španić Ismet Đuherić	Unknown
Units involved
Army of Republika Srpska 1st Teslić Brigade Independent Muslim Unit Meša Selimović	ARBiH Croatian Defence Council
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	52 Killed 220 Wounded

Operation Sudbina is the code name for an military action by the Army of Republika Srpska in the summer of 1992, commanded by Vlado Španić, against the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Defense Council during the Bosnian War. The goal was to eliminate the ARBiH and HVO from the Teslić municipality.

Background

According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Teslić had 60,708 inhabitants, of which 33,316 were Serbs, 12,875 Bosniaks, 9,930 Croats and 4,587 others.

The operation

The operation was launched on 3 August 1992 along the entire Blatnica–Banja Vrućica front line. Over the next few days, the VRS made small gains and captured the villages of Gornja Vrućica, Studenci and Rajševa. On 10 August, the ARBiH and HVO defense line collapsed. Due to the impossibility of further effective resistance on 10 August, a decision was made to withdraw via Dubrava and Novi Šeher towards Žepče. On that day, the VRS captured the following villages: Komušina Gornja, Komušina Donja, Rajševa, Slatina, Kamenica, Dubrava, Kopice, Papratnica, Brezove Dane, Lugovi and parts of other villages, the VRS captured over 120 square kilometers in this operation, the HVO and ARBiH suffered 52 killed and 220 wounded soldiers.

During the Operation, a VRS Independent Muslim Unit Meša Selimović was active, as their military activities were high on the Teslić battlefield.

Aftermath

The Derventa Brigade arrived on the Teslić battlefield on November 12, 1992, and deployed in the Banja Vrućica area, after which heavy fighting for Straža and Hatkina Njiva immediately began. Despite initial successes and incursions into HVO trenches, the attacks were halted due to the extremely fortified enemy, minefields, and the wounding of key officers, including the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Ratko Desić. After unsuccessful attempts to capture Hatkina Njiva and conduct reconnaissance in the Slatina area, at a meeting with Colonel Lisica on December 1, 1992. There, the situation was analyzed and a change in the direction of operations was agreed. According to the order of the OG Doboj, the brigade moved to the new direction Stanari–Stanovi, where it occupied the line near Smajine vode and conducted reconnaissance of enemy positions. The period was also marked by significant personnel changes in the command of the 1st and 3rd battalions, as well as the strengthening of military discipline in order to fill the battle lines.

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