- Croatian 104th Brigade
The 104th Brigade ("104. brigada") is a unit of the
Croatian ground army .History
The 104th was formed as part of the
Croatian National Guard ("Zbor Narodne Garde") onMay 8 ,1991 , and officially activated as ofJuly 2 ,1991 . Operations were undertaken in September1991 as part of blockades of theYugoslav People's Army atVaraždin , which remains the home of the brigade.The brigade undertook front line combat duty against Serbian forces in October
1991 and operated there into December1992 , suffering 174 casualties (29 dead). Operations in1993 resulted in a further 13 casualties (1 dead). 8,500 soldiers served in the brigade from 1991 to 1993.After demobilization, the brigade became a recruit training unit.
Operations
*
Varaždin barracks blockade, September, 1991
*Kalnik partisan barracks blockade, September, 1991
*Bjelovar barracks blockade, 1991
*Nuštar ,Slavonia front-line duty, October, 1991
*Lipik -Pakrac front-line duty, November, 1991 - July, 1992
*Posavina front-line duty, to July, 1993
*Operation Storm , 1995People
* Major
Mirko Druško , 2nd Battalion Commander
* ColonelIvan Matoković , Brigade Commander from 1994
* MajorVjeran Rožić , Brigade Commander 1993 to 1994
* ColonelIvan Rukljić , Brigade Commander to December 15, 1992See also
*
Croatian ground army
*List of military equipment of Croatia ource
* [http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/croatia/brigade/104/ 104th Brigade of Croatian army, Varazdin]
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