Vukovar Memorial

Croatia marks 25th anniversary of Vukovar massacre

A quarter of a century on, Croatia is commemorating one of the ugliest episodes of the wars that led to the break-up of Yugoslavia.

In the capital and nationwide, all thoughts have turned to Vukovar where a brutal, Serb-led siege ended in carnage on November 18 1991. Thousands were killed and wounded in the eastern town.

The Croatian government met in Vukovar on the eve of Friday's anniversary, setting aside cash for reconstruction.






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Croatia - Third Anniversary Of Fall Of Vukovar

Last Friday Krajina Serbs showed their strength in Vukovar marking the third anniversary of the fall of the city. Krajina soldiers marched through the town and three Krajina airforce planes raced over the city in a flyby. Vukovar, a Croatian town on the border with Serbia, fell to the Serbs after months of heavy shelling and firing by the Yugoslav National Army during the war with Croatia in 1991.

SHOWS:

VUKOVAR, CROATIA 18/11

krajina serb soldiers and police parading in town in full uniform
patrolling
soldiers marching with uniforms
soldiers in square
fly-past with krajina serb airforce over vukovar and parachutists
soldiers clapping as parachutist comes down
plane takes off, civilians watching
memorial service for dead soldiers
crying mothers kiss gravestones
3-gun salute for the memorial service by krajina soldiers

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Vukovar remembrance day in Croatia - no comment

In Croatia, thousands of people have taken part in a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the day Vukovar fell to Serbia forces in 1991. The killing of some 1,200 soldiers and civilians in fighting and subsequent atrocities is widely regarded in Croatia as the single most important symbol of the conflict....
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Sgt MacKenzie - We Were Soldiers (Vukovar,City of heroes)

The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of the Croatian city of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August-November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. It ended with the defeat of the local Croatian National Guard, the near-total destruction of Vukovar and the murder or expulsion of most of the Croat population of the city and surroundings.
Although the battle was a significant and symbolic loss for Croatia, which did not regain control of the town until 1998, it was also a very costly victory for the JNA and helped to gain international support for Croatian independence. As such, it is widely regarded as having been a crucial turning point in the course of the war, and a Pyrrhic victory.
Vukovar was defended by a force of some 1,800 men, organised as the 204th Vukovar Brigade of the Croatian National Guard (ZNG). The Brigade was assembled from a number of disparate elements including 400 members of the Croatian 4th Battalion/3rd Guards Brigade and the 1st Guards Brigade plus elements of other ZNG units, 300 police officers from Vukovar, Slavonski Brod, and Varaždin, and 1,100 civilian volunteers from Vukovar and nearby communities.[2] Volunteers also arrived from other parts of Croatia, including a number from the far-right paramilitary Croatian Defence Forces (HOS).None of the defending units were trained military formations. The defenders were a cross-section of Vukovar society.The attacking force was a mixture of soldiers from the Yugoslav People's Army who had been conscripted from across Yugoslavia, members of the Serbian Territorial Defense Forces (Teritorijalna Obrana or TO), Chetniks (Serbian nationalist paramilitaries), local Serb militiamen and units of the Yugoslav Navy and the Yugoslav Air Force. At its peak, the force in the vicinity of Vukovar numbered about 50 000 troops.[1] The Yugoslav military was well-trained and organised and all of the Yugoslav/Serb forces were well-equipped with a full range of military weaponry, ranging from assault rifles and machine guns to heavy artillery, rockets and tanks. They were supported by aircraft and naval vessels on the Danube.
The city in 1994, 3 years after the battle.

Tank Grave Yard

During the period of 14 to 20 September, JNA launched some of the largest tank and infantry attacks at the city. One of the major tank attacks in this period was started on September 18 from the north on Trpinjska Street; launched by the JNA's 51st Mechanized Brigade's one Mechanized Battalion of about 30 tanks and 30 APCs. When the first tanks reached the Croatian lines, the leading column was ambushed and come under heavy fire from Croatian small arms and rockets, directed from the roofs and basenents along the street. The Croatian ambush would typically funnel the Serbian armoured columns into killing fields, and then the RPG gunners would knock out the first and last tank in the line, thereby trapping the rest of tanks in the middle. Almost useless in urban combat, Serbian tanks were unable to elevate their tank barrels low enough to fire into basements. The column was almost completely wiped out. As a result, an area where the fighting occurred was nicknamed Tank Graveyard. In total, about one hundred armoured vehicles were destroyed there, 15 of which were destroyed by Colonel Marko Babić.

Commander of Vukovar Garrison.

Zadro Blago commanded the 3rd Battallion of the 204th (Vukovar) Croatian Army Brigade during the bloody Battle of Vukovar, along with two of his sons, where he bravely led actions against the JNA and local Serb forces. Zadro's unit was assigned to defend the vital Trpinjska cesta (Trpinja road), an open road leading directly into Vukovar. Because of its importance, the road became primary target for JNA tank units attacking the city and it became known as the Tank Graveyard due to actions of Zadro's anti-tank rocket groups Yellow Ants and Turbo platoon which fought off many tank attacks.


Zadro was killed by Serb forces on October 16. His body was recovered and buried by his unit. However, when the Serb forces surrendered the city, his body was removed and remained missing until 1998, when it was exhumed along with the bodies of 937 other victims from a mass grave in Borovo Naselje.


After his death, he was promoted posthumously to the rank of major general. Two of his sons fought with him in Vukovar; his eldest, Robert, disappeared during combat near Kupres, Bosnia and Herzegovina


The Vukovar water tower, still stands tall after continuous bombardment, became a symbol of resistance. It is preserved in its damaged state as a memorial and reminder.

Veterans of Vukovar fighting react to Hadzic arrest

(22 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of veterans arriving at the memorial cemetery (shot through a monument over an eternal flame)
2. Wide of sky seen through memorial
3. Veterans arriving at a plateau in front of a monument for the victims (shot over the flame)
4. Wide of white crosses marking each fallen victim of Vukovar and veterans entering the frame
5. White crosses at the memorial centre
6. Wide of veterans standing at a grave, talking, recalling the war in Vukovar
7. Veterans at the graveyard
8. One of the veterans talking to his comrades
9. Wide of white crosses at the memorial centre
10. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Dubravko Duic, 58, Vukovar war veteran:
I believe he deserves a life-long sentence and I think he won't even mind it as he was a worker in a warehouse before, he is used to being inside so this whole thing does not mean very much for the parents, sisters, mothers, other family members of the victims.
11. Wide of graveyard
12. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Violeta Duic, 47, Vukovar war veteran:
Part of justice has been achieved but real justice is not achievable as nobody can replace the losses of the families of the victims.
13. White crosses
14. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Irena Djudjar, 40, Vukovar war veteran:
What can I say about the arrest of Goran Hadzic who is from here. These crosses behind me tell the story and I just hope the accusations against him will be proven and that he will reveal more about what happened here and answer some questions and serve his appropriate sentence.
15. Wide of monument to the fallen victims of Vukovar
16. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Damir Gjumic, 48, Vukovar war veteran:
He needs to be a man, which is what he was not so far, and he should say who else is guilty for what happened here.
17. Wide of white crosses at the memorial centre
18. Wide of the 938 white crosses that symbolise every person who died in Vukovar in the war
STORYLINE
Croatian war veterans from Vukovar gathered at the town's memorial cemetery to pay tribute to their fallen comrades on Friday, as Balkan war crimes suspect Goran Hadzic was extradited to the UN Tribunal in the Hague.
The former Croatian soldiers walked together through the memorial cemetery, where 938 white crosses stand, one for each person who lost their life in Vukovar during the conflict.
Former Croatian Serb leader Hadzic is accused of atrocities stemming from Croatia's 1991-95 war, including the destruction of Vukovar.
His arrest and extradition is welcomed by the town's war veterans although they claim justice should have come sooner.
One veteran, 47 year old Violeta Duic said she believes real justice is impossible as nobody can replace the losses of the families of the victims.
Another veteran, Damir Gjumic, expressed his hope that Hadzic will name others who were responsible for what happened in the town.
The group also prayed for the bodies of the still missing from the Vukovar executions to be found and returned to the families.
Hadzic was arrested on Wednesday after seven years on the run, discovered by Serbian agents who had followed a money trail that began in December when Hadzic's aides tried to sell a Modigliani painting.
Taking Hadzic into custody has been hailed as the symbolic closure of a horrific chapter in Balkan history and an important step toward the former pariah state of Serbia joining the European Union.


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Vukovar Water Tower, Vukovar, Croatia

War memorial that was hit more than 600 times during the Serbian siege of Vukovar. The Croatian forces kept their flag hanging at the top thus attracting the attacks. The tower became a symbol for resistance, defiance and invincibility. Height, 50 m.

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Coming from Serbia, I found it to be important to visit the Danube town of Vukovar, a town that was just about obliterated during the 3 month Siege of Vukovar in 1991. This town saw some serious devastation and death at the start of the Yugoslav Wars and I wanted to see for myself some of the things that happened. Throughout the region, you can see buildings with bullet holes and cannon holes including the Vukovar water tower or Vukovarski vodotoranj.

Next day, I set off for the capital city of Zagreb where I was once again, welcomed with rain and cold weather, the third capital city where it rained miserably. But when it cleared up the next day, I had a good opportunity to walk around and enjoy the city. Zagreb doesn't usually get much praise in comparison to Croatia's cities on the coast, but it's a beautiful cosmopolitan city with gorgeous buildings and city center.

Next day, I set off for Slovenia for 2 week before I made a grand return to explore Croatia's infamous coastline. :)

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I had to visit Vukovar on the way out of Croatia as it afected by war in the 1990's

E.Slavonia - 'Liberation' Of Vukovar Commemorated

T/I: 10:30:30


Ethnic Serbs from Eastern Slavonia on Saturday (18/11) marked the
fourth anniversary of the liberation of Vukovar, the town that
has become a symbol of their resistance to Croatia. At a low-key
ceremony in the local graveyard, wreaths were laid on the graves
of Serb fighters who died in the battle for Vukovar. A Serb
Christian Orthodox priest paid tribute to heroes of the conflict.

SHOWS:

EASTERN SLAVONIA, 18/11:
gvs of vukovar streets
vs of anniversary commemoration
ws priest spreading incense
cu women crying
ca congegration
ws memorial
vs soldiers at memorial
cu women crying over graves
cu small girl crying
vs wreath laying ceremony
cu soldiers saluting
ws memorial
ws soldiers firing rifles
from Mayor of Vukovar, Slavko Dokmanovic SOT (in serbian) ....
we are marking the 4th anniversary, talking about
when Serbs can return to Vukovar, saying they can when the Serbs
are allowed to the homes they left in Krajina....
ws mayor

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Widow of man killed in Vukovar reacts to Hadzic arrest

(20 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Rear mid tracking shot of Manda Patko, whose husband was killed by Goran Hadzic's soldiers in Vukovar, walking towards Ovcara cemetery near Vukovar
2. Side tracking shot of Patko walking
3. Tracking shot behind Patko walking
4. Pan of Patko walking to memorial cemetery monument in Ovcara
5. Wide of Patko approaching monument
6. Mid rear shot of Patko as she prays at the monument for Croatian victims of Vukovar
7. Wide of Patko praying
8. Close of Patko's hands held in prayer
9. Mid of monument and Patko, pull focus
10. Close side view of Patko praying
11. Mid of Patko and monument
12. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Manda Patko, widow who lost her husband in Vukovar:
I was left in the room, where we were all sitting. He (her husband) said to me: 'I'm going'. Then he asked me: 'What should I tell them?' I told him: 'Don't lie to them, tell them you are a Croatian defender. You were defending your country, your family, your town. You didn't go anywhere to attack anyone.' Tell them: 'You were only defending yourself.' He was taken away. I still don't know where he is. Unfortunately. I'd find my peace if I knew where his bones were so I could bury him. All I want is to have a place where I can light a candle for him, pray for him, put some flowers for him. Many years have passed, they (the war victims) are not often found any more these days. I'm losing hope that I will find him before I die. Will I leave this task to my children? We shall see. But all those years were very painful.
13. Close of pigeon, symbol of peace, curved in the monument
14. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Manda Patko, widow who lost her husband in Vukovar:
Perhaps I will find comfort if our dead were found. But as for him (Hadzic), even if he gets a 100 year punishment, it would not be enough to satisfy us, the victims. Hadzic was the main perpetrator of all the fighting here in Vukovar, and everything to do with it - it was all the work of his hands.
15. Side shot of Patko walking through the memorial centre
16. Mid of candles at the memorial centre, Patko standing in the distance
17. Mid of Patko looking at crosses around the mass grave
18. Wide of memorial centre, with memorial in the foreground and black clouds in the background
STORYLINE
The news that Goran Hadzic, the former leader of Croatia's ethnic Serbs, was arrested on Wednesday did not distract Croatian war widow Manda Patko from her regular visit to the memorial at Ovcara, the site of a mass grave for victims of the massacre and destruction in nearby Vukovar.
Manda goes every day to pay her respects at the memorial centre monument because her husband Stjepan is still not found and she has no grave to visit.
In November 1991, after three months of siege of the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar, the victorious Serbian forces stormed the destroyed city and that's when Manda saw her husband being taken away by Serb soldiers.
She knows that her Stjepan is dead, executed by soldiers of Goran Hadzic, the Serb general and politician who was in charge of the assault of Vukovar.
Hadzic, the last fugitive sought by the United Nations' Balkan war crimes tribunal, was seized on Wednesday in a remote area in northern Serbia.
But his arrest does not bring closure to Croatian victims.
Manda Patko and her husband Stjepan were both arrested by storming Serb troops and taken to prison camp just outside of Vukovar.
Her husband Stjepan was in his trousers, and she was wearing a winter coat.
As soldiers approached Stjepan they already knew he was a Croat soldier.
Soon after the Patkos were detained, Stjepan was separated from his wife and taken away.
even if he gets a 100 year punishment, it would not be enough to satisfy us, the victims, Patko said.


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Vukovar - city which suffered worst shelling of Yugoslav war

Recent - February 2002
1. Wide shot church in Vukovar
2. Various bomb and shell damage in Vukovar town
3. Various mass grave where 5,000 Vukovar victims of the Yugoslav War are buried
4. Various Ovcara mass grave where Serbs took away people from the city hospital and killed them in November 1991
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sandra Cvikic, Vice President of the Fund for the Restoration and Development of the City of Vukovar
I think everything will end with this trial and that the people will be finally served with the justice that they have waited for, for so long. And I think for Croatia as a country, this will show to the world that justice is served and that good won over evil.
6. Various damaged former water tower in Vukovar
7. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Ante Penava, Vukovar Deputy Mayor
Today in Vukovar we are able to see people walking alongside each other on the streets, and you know for sure that some of them are guilty of (says that these people are former neighbours, i.e., Serbs who Penava says allegedly committed war crimes, including Yugoslav Army General Mile Mrksic). At the same time unfortunately today there is no-one who can bring them to justice. On the contrary there are a few people who believe they have the right to take positions in local government.
8. Various statue of fallen heroes of World War Two
9. Various memorial by River Danube

STORYLINE:

On Tuesday, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.

Milosevic is charged with genocide in Bosnia and crimes against humanity in Croatia and Kosovo.

The former Yugoslav leader is the only head of state ever indicted for war crimes while in office - the most senior person to be called to account since Hermann Goering, second only to Hitler, was sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal after World War II.

The Milosevic case is the climax of years of investigation and case files compiled since the Yugoslav tribunal was set up by the United Nations in 1993 to try those responsible for the violent collapse of the Balkans.

The once mighty Serb leader is charged with 66 counts of atrocities from the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

Prosecutors say he was behind a systematic plan to create a larger Serb state through the forced expulsion
and murder of non-Serbs in parts of those territories, including the city of Vukovar.

Residents of this Croatian town which suffered atrocities during the Balkan wars comment on the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic on the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

The city suffered the most intensive shelling of the Yugoslav War.

Lying on the banks of the River Danube, the Vukovar once had 45-thousand inhabitants.

In May 1991, Croatia proclaimed independence.

Milosevic is widely believed to have whipped up the virulent nationalism that ripped the former Yugoslav federation apart in 1991 and to have bankrolled the minority Serb rebellion against Croatian independence that same year.

In the summer of 1991, the Yugoslav army started pounding the city.

Locals took up arms to resist the attack.

But the city fell on November 18 1991, after a three-month pounding with canons, tanks and aircraft by the Yugoslav Army that left Vukovar in ruins.

Around 800,000 shells were said to have fallen during this period of 100 days.

Residents of Croatian descent were in the majority, followed by minorities of Serbs and Muslims.

The town was also the scene of the first big reported massacre of civilians by Serbs who reportedly executed hundreds of Croatian hospital patients after taking the town.


The wounded, civilians and medical staff were taken to Ovcara, to a nearby farm.










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E.Slavonia - 'Liberation' Of Vukovar Commemorated

T/I: 11:03:44


Saturday, November 18, 1995, was the fourth anniversary of the
fall of Vukovar to an unremitting Serb artillery bombardment.
Serbs marked the anniversary of what they call the liberation of
Vukovar with a memorial service. Orthodox priests recited a
liturgy and an army honour guard loosed a volley of shots into the
air. Black-clad women--war widows and mothers who lost sons in the
fighting--wept and keened the names of their loved ones as they
carressed their tombs at the tiny Serb cemetery in the centre of
Vukovar. Today, we mark the day comparatively quietly, because of
the circumstances, said Slavko Dokmanovic, Vukovar's Serb mayor.
He was referring of course to the agreement, signed on November
12, that would restore Croatian authority to Vukovar after no more
than two years of international supervision. Meanwhile, in Zagreb, Vukovar's Croat mayor, Jure Kolak told


SHOWS:

VUKOVAR, EASTERN SLAVONIA, 18 NOVEMBER, 1995
00:00 vukovar streets
00:04 ws damaged building
00:08 more damaged buildings
00:12 ws anniversary commemoration
00:17 orthodox priest spreading incense
00:23 cu priest blessing city and its people
00:40 woman crying over grave
00:44 woman and child at base of cross
00:50 people praying
00:53 cu woman praying
00:59 ws various graves
01:06 woman crying over grave
01:11 women kissing tombstones
01:16 families crying by graveside
01:20 young girl crying
01:28 ws wreath laying ceremony by mayor of vukovar
01:40 mayor and another man laying wreath
01:46 soldiers laying wreath for fallen comrades
01:52 soldiers firing rifles into the air

02:03 vision ends


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Vukovar - mjesto posebnog pijeteta

18. studenoga 1991. nakon tromjesečne opsade i gotovo potpunog uništenja grada, prestao je otpor hrvatskih branitelja u Vukovaru.
Tužna statistika govori da je tijekom borbi i nakon ulaska srpskog okupatora u grad poginulo oko 550 branitelja i 1700 civila, oko 8000 Vukovaraca bilo je odvedeno u srbijanske logore, dok ih se još oko 800 vodi na popisu nestalih. Iz grada je prognano i sve nesrpsko stanovništvo. Bio je to klasičan primjer etničkog čišćenja i jedan od najvećih zločina u Europi nakon Drugog svjetskog rata.
Bitka za Vukovar počela je 24. kolovoza. Bivša JNA zajedno s paravojnim srpskim snagama postupno je dovlačenjem novih snaga stvarala obruč oko grada. Planirali su Vukovar zauzeti u svega nekoliko dana. Međutim, kako im to unatoč velikim žrtvama nije uspjelo, vrh JNA iz Beograda odlučio je formirati posebnu operativnu grupu kojoj je cilj bio osvajanje Vukovara. S tim ciljem je iz Beograda upućena elitna Prva gardijska oklopna brigada, angažiran je i veći dio snaga Novosadskog korpusa te nekolicina drugih brigada iz Srbije.

November 18, 2017

Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 in CroatiaThe Battle of Vukovar was one of the major battles in the Croatian War of Independence. The battle was a 87-day siege, that ended on November 18, 1991. Anniversary of the end of the siege is commemorated as Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991.
The citizens of Vukovar managed to resist the Yugoslav People's Army, supported by the army of Serbia, for almost 3 months. They showed an immense bravery, fighting the outnumbering enemy. The city of Vukovar fell on November 18, 1991 and it was almost destroyed. Several thousand Serbs and around a thousand of Croats died during the siege.

Although Vukovar fell, the battle played an important role in the outcome of the war. The battle led to the raise of patriotism among the Croats, who finally won the war. Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 became the symbol of Croatian identity and national freedom. Since 1999, when the parliament of Croatia adopted a decision proclaiming the memorial day, the fallen soldiers are appropriately honored with dignity.

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Reactions to Hadzic's arrest from town destroyed by his forces

(20 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
Vukovar - 20 July 2011
1. Exterior of Ovcara memorial in Vukovar
2. Mid of Catholic cross inside memorial
3. Close of painting showing bloody hands bound together
4. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ante Micic, Croatian resident of Vukovar:
Of course we are glad to hear that he's been arrested (Serbian war crimes fugitive Goran Hadzic). But I think it is just a political move, now that they (Serbia) need to join the European Union.
5. Close of sign at the memorial reading In this place, during 1991, Croatian defenders, children, women and the elderly were imprisoned, tortured and murdered
6. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Marija Bulo, Croatian Vukovar resident whose relative was murdered in nearby Ovcara:
The guilt for the war is split nowadays. Now we don't even know who was the aggressor and who was the victim any more.
7. Pan from Croatian flag to the memorial centre
8. Mid of destroyed building
9. SOUNDBITE (Croation) Marko Bulic, Croatian Vukovar resident:
I think finally justice has been served.
10. Tracking shot of the old hospital and damaged buildings
11. Wide exterior showing the new hospital
12. Wide of medical staff passing by
13. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Mara Peljkovic, nurse at Vukovar hospital:
It was about time he was arrested. He will have to face justice now, and respond to what he did here.
14. Wide of people by the hospital entrance
15. Tracking shot of the town
16. Wide of the market
17. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vujadin Misic, Serb resident of Vukovar:
My comment is very simple. Every crime was committed by an individual who has his name and surname. Those with names should be held responsible. All of the people, one nation, should not be blamed for what certain individuals have done.
18. Wide of people walking past fruit stalls
19. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) vox pop, Vukovar resident, name unknown:
I honestly don't know anything about it (the arrest). I haven't been informed.
20. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Mirko Maric, Croatian resident of Vukovar:
I think he should have been arrested a long time ago.
(Q: What do you think Serbs here should do now?)
I don't know. They are hiding from cameras here. They got what they deserved.
21. Maric getting into his car
22. Maric showing Croatian war time insignia hanging inside his car
23. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milan Cizmic, Serb resident of Vukovar:
I have no comment.
(Q: Are you a Serb or a Croat?)
I am a Serb.
(Q: What is your comment on Hadzic's arrest?)
I have no comment, don't ask me.
24. Wide of Orthodox church
25. Tracking shot of the town
FILE: Vukovar - 25 November 1991
26. Close of truck, pull out to wide of Vukovar hospital after it was taken over by Serb forces
27. Mid of ambulances outside the hospital where 500 sick and wounded were trapped during Serb forces' advance
28. Mutilated bodies among hundreds of dead at Vukovar hospital
29. Various of destroyed buildings
30. Mid of Serb soldier at the window of Vukovar hospital
31. Wide of the destroyed Vukovar town hall
STORYLINE
There were mixed reactions to the news of the arrest of war crimes fugitive Goran Hadzic from residents of the Croatian town of Vukovar on Wednesday, which was left devastated by Hadzic's forces.
Hadzic, the last fugitive sought by the United Nations' Balkan war crimes tribunal, was seized on Wednesday in a remote area in northern Serbia.
His arrest has been hailed by some as the symbolic closure of a horrific chapter in Balkan history, and an important step towards the former pariah state of Serbia joining the European Union.
But for others in the town of Vukovar, home to both Serbs and Croats, his arrest brought back painful wartime memories.
He will have to face justice now, and respond to what he did here, she said.


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Croatian Air Force - MIG-21bis - Vukovar

This Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis was a part of the Fighter Squadron from the 91st Air Force Base, and now it's a part of the Homeland war memorial center in Vukovar

VUKOVAR - Dan sjećanja 18-11-2017 / DJI SPARK drone

18. studenoga 1991. nakon tromjesečne opsade i gotovo potpunog uništenja grada, prestao je otpor hrvatskih branitelja u Vukovaru.
Tužna statistika govori da je tijekom borbi i nakon ulaska srpskog okupatora u grad poginulo oko 550 branitelja i 1700 civila, oko 8000 Vukovaraca bilo je odvedeno u srbijanske logore, dok ih se još oko 800 vodi na popisu nestalih. Iz grada je prognano i sve nesrpsko stanovništvo. Bio je to klasičan primjer etničkog čišćenja i jedan od najvećih zločina u Europi nakon Drugog svjetskog rata.
Bitka za Vukovar počela je 24. kolovoza. Bivša JNA zajedno s paravojnim srpskim snagama postupno je dovlačenjem novih snaga stvarala obruč oko grada. Planirali su Vukovar zauzeti u svega nekoliko dana. Međutim, kako im to unatoč velikim žrtvama nije uspjelo, vrh JNA iz Beograda odlučio je formirati posebnu operativnu grupu kojoj je cilj bio osvajanje Vukovara. S tim ciljem je iz Beograda upućena elitna Prva gardijska oklopna brigada, angažiran je i veći dio snaga Novosadskog korpusa te nekolicina drugih brigada iz Srbije.

November 18, 2017

Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 in CroatiaThe Battle of Vukovar was one of the major battles in the Croatian War of Independence. The battle was a 87-day siege, that ended on November 18, 1991. Anniversary of the end of the siege is commemorated as Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991.
The citizens of Vukovar managed to resist the Yugoslav People's Army, supported by the army of Serbia, for almost 3 months. They showed an immense bravery, fighting the outnumbering enemy. The city of Vukovar fell on November 18, 1991 and it was almost destroyed. Several thousand Serbs and around a thousand of Croats died during the siege.

Although Vukovar fell, the battle played an important role in the outcome of the war. The battle led to the raise of patriotism among the Croats, who finally won the war. Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 became the symbol of Croatian identity and national freedom. Since 1999, when the parliament of Croatia adopted a decision proclaiming the memorial day, the fallen soldiers are appropriately honored with dignity.

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