Janko Bobetko
10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003
General Janko Bobetko
Place of birth	Crnca, Croatia
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Allegiance	Croatian Army
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of General Staff HV Commander of Southern Front HV Chief of Staff of 5th Army District YPA Political Commissar of 32nd Division Political Commissar of Brigade
Battles/wars	World War II Croatian War of Independence Operation Tiger Operation Maslenica Operation Jackal (June dawns) Operation Medak Pocket Operation Flash Operation Storm

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Bobetko's career spanned more than five decades of intermittent military service. After gymnasium in Sisak, he studied at Veterinarian faculty in Zagreb. At July 11, 1941 Ustaše killed his father and three brothers, and he joined first antifascist unit in occupied Europe - First Sisak partisan company in the forest Brezovica near Sisak. Bobetko fought in partisan resistance movement from 1941 to 1945. He was heavily wounded at Dravograd in Slovenia, but survived to become Yugoslav People's Army officer. In the post-war period he attended and graduated from YPA Military academy and rose to the rank of lieutenant-general. But, in the 1970s events known as the Croatian Spring, Bobetko, who sided with the reformist Croatian Communist leaders, was demoted and expelled from YPA after Josip Broz Tito's crackdown on Croatian leadership. Sisak is a city in central Croatia. ... Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. ... UstaÅ¡e volunteers for the Waffen SS (Domobran Regiment) marching during a parade in the Independent State of Croatia. ... Area: 105. ... The Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA) (Serbian: Југословенска народна армија / Jugoslovenska narodna armija (JHA / JNA); Croatian: Jugoslavenska narodna armija (JNA); Slovene: Jugoslovanska ljudska armada (JLA); Macedonian: Jугословенската народна армија (JНA); Albanian: Armata Popullore e Jugosllavisë) was the military force of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The Croatian Spring (Hrvatsko proljeće, also called masovni pokret or MASPOK, for mass movement) was a political movement from the early 1970s that called for greater rights for Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ...

After Croatian parliamentary elections in 1990, Bobetko refused to accept position of defence minister. His involvement in Croatian War of Independence began in Banovina and continued on Southern Front, where he took command on April 10, 1992. First free multi-party elections for Croatian Parliament were held between April 22nd and May 7th 1990. ... Combatants Croatian Army Paramilitary organisations Republic of Serb Krajina Army Yugoslav Peoples Army Paramilitary organisations Commanders Franjo Tuđman (President of Croatia) Anton Tus (Chief of Staff of Croatian Army 1991-1992) Janko Bobetko (Chief of Staff of Croatian Army 1992-1995) Milan Martić (President of Republic of Serb... Ban was a title used in some states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 9th century and the 20th century. ...

In 1993, during the Medak pocket military operation against the Krajina Serb strongholds that terrorized town of Gospić, the Croatian soldiers allegedly committed crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia subsequently indicted Bobetko as the supreme commanding officer. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Operation Medak Pocket (Croatian: Medački džep) was a military operation undertaken by the Croatian army between September 9 — September 17, 1993 in which the small area around the village of Medak in the south-central Lika region of Croatia, then under the control of the... RSK may stand for: Republic of Serb Krajina Robinson-Schensted algorithm, between biwords and pairs of tableaux RSK (gene), ribosomal S6 kinase, a notable gene Sanyo Broadcasting, a Japanese radio and TV station Categories: | ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The laws of war (Jus in bello) define the conduct and responsibilities of belligerent nations, neutral nations and individuals engaged in warfare, in relation to each other and to protected persons, usually meaning civilians. ... The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to...

Bobetko refused to accept the indictment and refused to surrender to the court, indignantly claiming that such an indictment questions the legitimacy of the whole military operation. The crisis stretched out as popular opinion agreed with Bobetko, and the Croatian Government wouldn't assert an unambiguous position over his extradition. At that time Bobetko was already gravely ill, and he died in 2003 before being extradited. The Government of the Republic of Croatia (Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government (hrvatska Vlada), is the main element of the executive branch of government in Croatia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1996 Bobetko wrote a book titled Sve moje bitke (meaning "all my battles"), containing many military maps and commands, on which he said: My face is clean, and that permits me to leave a written mark on anything I did in more than fifty years of my military and political life.

In 2002, the United Kingdom had halted its ratification process for the Treaty of Stabilization and Accession of Croatia to the European Union because of the Croatian government's handling of the Bobetko case. This problem was later rectified, in 2004.

See also

• Operation Storm
• Operation Medak Pocket

Combatants Croatia Republic of Serbian Krajina Commanders general Zvonimir ÄŒervenko general Mile MrkÅ¡ić Strength 150,000 soldiers, 350 tanks, 800 artillery pieces, 50 rocket launchers, 30 aircraft and helicopters 40,000 soldiers, 200 tanks, 350 artillery pieces, 25 rocket launchers, 20 aircraft and helicopters Casualties 174 soldiers killed, 1... Combatants Croatia Republic of Serbian Krajina Commanders Janko Bobetko, Petar Stipetić Mile Novaković Strength Over 2,500 soldiers, T-72 tanks, Large numbers of artillery  ? Casualties 10 Croats killed, 17 wounded 38 Serbs killed, 50+ wounded Operation Medak Pocket (Croatian: Medački džep) was a military operation undertaken by...

External link

• ICTY Indictment, case no. IT-02-62