In the 49th episode of the Actualitica Podcast, the guest is one of Croatia’s leading military historians and an expert on the Croatian War of Independence, Dr. Davor Marijan.
The topic of this episode is the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1991 to 1995.
What was the key battlefield of the Croatian War of Independence in 1991? Was Croatia experiencing a war or merely a high-intensity conflict at that time? What was the actual number of members of the Croatian National Guard (ZNG), the precursor to the Croatian Army, during the crucial year of 1991? How well equipped were Croatian forces at the very beginning of the war?
Was the defeat of Croatian forces in Bosnian Posavina at the end of 1992 the result of military inferiority compared to Serbian forces, or was there a political agreement behind it? When exactly did the Croat–Bosniak War begin? Who bears the greatest responsibility for this “war within a war”? How relevant is the verdict against the so-called Herzeg-Bosnia Six, and is a revision possible?
What really happened in Ahmići on April 16, 1993, and is the figure of 116 killed civilians accurate and relevant? How did the conflict in Mostar erupt in May 1993? Who destroyed Mostar’s Old Bridge? What was the significance and role of Croatian Army personnel in the Croat–Bosniak War? How might the conflict have developed had the Washington Agreement never been signed? Would Republika Srpska have collapsed if the Dayton Agreement had not halted the advance of Croatian forces in the autumn of 1995?
Our distinguished guest provides answers to these and many other important questions. Absolutely worth watching!
Editor and Host: Matija Šerić
