ZAGREB, Aug 5 (Hina) - A delegation of Croatia's Defence Ministry, led by Minister Pavao Miljavac, on Thursday laid a wreath and lit a candle at the grave of the late Gojko Susak, a former Defence Minister, on the occasion of Homeland
Gratitude Day. On Homeland Gratitude Day, Croatians commemorate August 5, 1995, when the old Croatian royal town of Knin was liberated in Operation "Storm" which was carried out when Susak was Defence Minister. The liberation of Knin was the peak of an excellently prepared and implemented military and police operation, which lasted only 84 hours and liberated some 11,000 square kilometres of territory which had been occupied by Serb rebels for more than four years.(hina) ms
ZAGREB, Aug 5 (Hina) - A delegation of Croatia's Defence Ministry,
led by Minister Pavao Miljavac, on Thursday laid a wreath and lit a
candle at the grave of the late Gojko Susak, a former Defence
Minister, on the occasion of Homeland Gratitude Day.
On Homeland Gratitude Day, Croatians commemorate August 5, 1995,
when the old Croatian royal town of Knin was liberated in Operation
"Storm" which was carried out when Susak was Defence Minister. The
liberation of Knin was the peak of an excellently prepared and
implemented military and police operation, which lasted only 84
hours and liberated some 11,000 square kilometres of territory
which had been occupied by Serb rebels for more than four years.
(hina) ms