Battle of Kupres (1992) 1992
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 3 April 1992 – 11 April 1992 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1992 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | War in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 43.9931, 17.2763 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Kupres (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka za Kupres / Битка за Купрес) was a battle of the Bosnian War, fought between the Bosnian Croat Croatian Defence Forces (Hrvatske obrambene snage - HOS) supported by the Croatian Army (Hrvatska vojska – HV) troops on one side and the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska narodna armija – JNA), augmented by the Bosnian Serb Territorial Defense Force, on the other. The battle took place at the Kupres Plateau from 3–11 April 1992. During the fighting on 8 April, the Bosnian Croat TO was reorganised as the Croatian Defence Council (Hrvatsko vijeće obrane – HVO). The objective of the battle was to control the strategic Kupres Plateau, a major supply route.
The opposing sides began bringing in reinforcements to the Kupres Plateau on 5 March to strengthen positions held around individual settlements populated by different ethnic groups, communications between those positions, and roads leading away from the plateau to the north and south. Different parts of the town of Kupres were controlled by the opposing forces, while the adjacent territory surrounding the town was controlled by the Bosnian Croat TO. In turn, that territory was surrounded by Bosnian Serb TO-held territory.
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