Battle of Rosinjača

Battle of Rosinjača
Part of Croatian War of Independence
Date5 December, 1991
Location
Rosinjača Forest, south of Osijek, Croatia
Result Yugoslav victory[1]
Belligerents
Yugoslavia Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Života Panić Salko Ahmić †
Mihajlo Peregin †
Units involved
Yugoslav People's Army
White Eagles
Strength
Unknown
70 soldiers[1]		 16 soldiers
Casualties and losses
none all 16 soldiers killed

The Battle of Rosinjača was a battle fought for the forest south of Osijek during the Croatian War of Independence.

Background

The reason for the attack was that these Croatian Army (HV) soldiers were positioned 700 meters west of the village of Tenja, where the Serb civilian population lived, and they posed a threat to them, as they often fired from the forest toward the village.

Battle

On 5 December 1991, after a heavy artillery preparation, JNA forces launched an offensive to finally reach the outskirts of Osijek. They directed their attack through the Rosinjača Forest on the southern approach to the city.

The positions in Rosinjača were held by 16 soldiers of the 106th Osijek Brigade of the Croatian Armed Forces. The defense of the forest was led by Salko Ahmić and Mihajlo Peregin, who were also the oldest in the group of defenders. The battle lasted for three hours, and by its end all 16 Croatian soldiers had been killed, and the JNA had taken complete control of the forest.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bitka u šumi Rosinjača-herojska bitka za Osijek". crodex.net.
  2. ^ Marinić, Borna (2024-12-05). "Priča o herojskom otporu branitelja koji su odolijevali napadima sve dok nisu ostali bez streljiva, 16 njih je poginulo - bitka za šumu Rosinjača". Domovinski rat (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  3. ^ Braniteljski portal (2022-12-04). "(FOTO-VIDEO) Žestoka bitka u Rosinjači, svi su hrvatski branitelji poginuli: Ovako nešto proći je pravo herojstvo. Svi im se trebaju nakloniti!! "Zasula nas je kiša projektila, izginulo nam je 16 prijatelja, ali nismo im ostali dužni…" - Braniteljski portal" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  4. ^ Braniteljski (2017-12-05). "Bitka na Rosinjači 1991". Identitet (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
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