2nd Krajina Brigade (full name in

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: ''2. крајишка бригада 1. крајишког корпуса Војске Републике Српске'', ''2. krajiška brigada 1. krajiškog korpusa Vojske Republike Srpske''; translation: ''2nd Krajina Brigade of 1st Krajina Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska'') was

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of the

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and

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

founded on 1991 in Rakovačke bare settlement,

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History

The brigade was founded as part of the Yugoslav People's Army in the 5th Banja Luka Corps. It was sent to Western Slavonia in present-day

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where it remained active until 1992. After engagement in Croatia the brigade moved to '' Serbian corridor'' where it was part of the security forces during

Operation Corridor Operation Corridor 92 ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Операција Коридор 92, Operacija Koridor 92) was the largest operation conducted during the Bosnian war by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) against the forces of the Croatian Defence Counci ...

with force of around 3000 fighters. Together with an armoured battalion of the 1st Armoured Brigade, the 2nd Krajina Brigade was part of security forces for side parts of the

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, helping the 2nd Posavina Brigade from direction of

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and protection of the road

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- Lončari-

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. After success in the ''corridor'', the 2nd Brigade stayed in Posavina. Its last activities in that northeastern part of

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were during Battle of Orašje in 1995 when it had operations in Obudovac,

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as part of Tactical Group 5. Their task was to use

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and penetrate behind defence lines of

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making moves toward the

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in the direction of Obudovac- Bok-Tolisa.Napad Vojske Republike Srpske na oraško područje: "Operacija Plamen 95", Tado Oršolić, Zavod za povijesne znanosti ZANU u Zadru, 6 April 2017 Later the brigade was moved to

Manjača Manjača ( sr-cyrl, Мањача) is a name of a mountain located 22 km south of the city Banja Luka, in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its highest peak is high peak ''Velika Manjača''. History The region was a stronghold dur ...

mountain. The mission of the 2nd Krajina Infantry Brigade lasted 1700 days. 226 fighters fell in battle, 1750 were wounded and 8 fighters are still missing.

Memorial Center

In 2001 a memorial center to the 2nd Krajina Brigade and a monument to the fallen fighters was raised in Rakovačke Bare,

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, Banja Luka where are 234

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posts with names of fallen soldiers.

Gallery

Map_4_-_Croatia_-_Western_Slavonia_-_September_1991_-_January_1992.jpg, Map of situation of fights in Western Slavonia between September 1991 and January 1992 where is seeable 2nd Krajina Brigade under command of 5th Banja Luka Corps of YPA Map_11_-_Bosnia_-_Posavina_Corridor_-_August_1992-January_1993.jpg, Map where is depicted fight in Posavina and 2nd Krajina Brigade is seeable around Obudovac village Map_53_-_Bosnia_-_Orasje_May-June_1995.jpg, Battle of Orašje map Western_Bosnia,_September-October_1995.jpg, Battles in western

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in Autumn 1995 (2nd Krajina Brigade seeable on map south-western from Banja Luka around Gornje Ratkovo village

Memorial Center in Rakovačke Bare

Memorijalni centar Rakovačke bare.jpg, Entrance to the Memorial Center Poginulim borcima 2. krajiške brigade.jpg, Monument to the fallen fighters of 2nd Krajina Brigade Druga krajiška brigada spomenik.jpg, Monument from back side Spomenik poginulim borcima 2. krajiške brigade.jpg, Marble posts with names of the fallen soldiers (in image description there are names of the fallen soldiers) Spomenik poginulim borcima 2. krajiške brigade2.jpg, Memorial Center

References

{{Reflist Army of Republika Srpska