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Battle of Vitez
Part of the Croat–Bosniak War and Bosnian War
Date20–22 October 1992
LocationVitez, Ahmići
Result

Croatian Defence Council victory

  • Croats removed the barricade in Ahmići
  • HVO took control of police station and some other important parts of Vitez
Belligerents
 Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia  Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Units involved
Croatian Defence Council Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Vitez (Croatian: Bitka za Vitez) was a battle between the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) that occurred on 20–22 October 1992 during the Bosnian War.

Background

On 19 October 1992, during the early part of the conflict in Novi Travnik, the local TO, on orders from their superiors, put up a barricade in Ahmići in the Vitez municipality on the main road through the Lašva Valley in order to prevent HVO reinforcements reaching Novi Travnik. The HVO warned the ARBiH from Vitez to withdraw and remove the barricades, but the ARBiH of course refused. And on October 20, the battle for Vitez and the surrounding villages begins.

Battle

October 20 in the morning the HVO attacked the Ahmići barricade. The houses were set on fire, the minaret of the mosque was hit. The attack lasted all morning until the ARBiH soldiers manning the barricade ran out of ammunition and the checkpoint was then removed. The HVO took over Vitez police station and expelled the Bosnian Muslim police officers. Next day there were fights in the city with ARBiH slowly losing control of the city. Then on 22 October a general cease-fire for the Vitez municipality was signed. Croats took almost full control of the city. Muslim civilians and ARBiH soldiers left the city.

References

  1. "Vitez - Sudski utvrđene činjenice iz rata u BiH" (in Bosnian). 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  2. "Retrospektiva: Šta je prethodilo hrvatskim zločinima u Ahmićima". AKOS. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  3. Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.

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