Serbs commemorate, Croats celebrate 24 years since May 1, 1995 Flash operation
N1 Info 01.05.2019 | N1 Zagreb N1 Belgrade
Croatian Flash offensive on May 1, 1995, is marked differently on two sides of the border between former republics of the same country: Croats celebrated the beginning of the liberation of the territory held by rebel Serbs, while the Serbs commemorate their victims.
In the Belgrade St. Marko church the clergy held a memorial service, while in the western Slavonia's town of Okucani, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and other top country's officials joined the celebration of the Flash operation. The Croatian Army launched the battle in its western chunk of Slavonia and defeated the Serb forces in three days. Many locals fled the region. The offensive came in the later stage of the Croatian War of
