OPERATION STORM:
ENDING HUMANITARIAN DISASTER AND GENOCIDE IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

Operation Storm was the single-most decisive battle of the Croatian War for Independence (1991-1995). Launched by the Republic of Croatia in August 1995, it was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Outnumbered, outgunned, but not outmaneuvered, this tiny new democracy prevailed in a David versus Goliath encounter, a moral as well as military victory. Storm ended a massive humanitarian disaster and genocide. It led to the liberation of one third of Croatian territory, and made possible the Dayton Agreement that brought peace to the region. Based on interviews conducted with the American Ambassador to Croatia during the war years, military and political principals in the battle, noted scholars, security and intelligence agency officials, humanitarian leaders and journalists, this social scientific qualitative study examines the political and historical origins of the war and its aftermath. The article documents the events leading up to the war and surrounding this extraordinary military operation, providing strategic and political insights into the need for cooperation between democratic allies.

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After this title you verified yourself as Bosnian Muslim.

Can you please stop using capital letters in the titles.

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Luka Mišetić explains why "Krajina" Serbs left during Operation Storm, why one decision by General Ante Gotovina changed history, and why a little village called Otrić was critical to Croatia's victory.

Why do Serbs view Operation Storm during the breakup of Yugoslavia during the war (1991 - 1995) as a tragedy despite it being celebrated as a national triumph in Croatia?

Serbs in their national narrative neglect the following facts:
1. They ethnically cleansed Croats from 30% of Croatia during an aggressive war against Croatia, with the involvement of forces from Serbian, Bosnia, and Montenegro, along with the help of Croatian Serbs. Operation Storm facilitated the return of ethnically cleansed Croats.
2. They disrupted transportation between Dalmatian Croatia and North Croatia. Operation Storm helped restore the broken transport connection.
3. Croats did not ethnically cleanse the Serbian population; instead, Serb leaders (Mile Martić) ordered the evacuation of Serbian civilians and military personnel.
4. The ICTY court revealed that the number of Serbian civilian victims was below 70. Serbs perpetuate mythological figures regarding the number of Serbian civilian casualties.
5. Operation Storm prevented genocide in Bihać. One of the reasons for the Operation Storm was the request of the Turkish President Süleyman Demirel (the only president who attended Franjo Tuđman's funeral) to save muslim population in Bihać from Serbian genocidal intent.

Serbs have a "Cult of the Endangered Serbian" (Mato Artuković), which leads them to whine and forget about the causes and consequences.

MAIN RESAON: Without whining, they would have to deal with the war they have started against Croatia and which they lost, along with their war crimes.

The German population does not celebrate defeat in the Second World War, the Serbian population does not celebrate the defeat in Croatia.