26th January 1994 During the war in central Bosnia: a soldier of the HVO's Rama Brigade wearing a snow camouflage oversuit in the Bosnian Muslim village of Here, which was captured two days earlier.
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5154 x 7457 px | 43.6 x 63.1 cm | 17.2 x 24.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 January 1994Location:
(43˚49'20"N 17˚41'23"E) Here, central Bosnia & Herzegovina.More information:
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In an operation codenamed Operation Tvigi, the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) Rama Brigade gained control from the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the village of Here, east of Prozor on 24th January 1994. After a Christmas ceasefire, the ARBiH offensive on the Vitez enclave resumed in the early morning of 9th January 1994. An attack from the north before dawn surprised HVO forces. ARBiH troops also struck from the south. On 11th January, the ARBiH broke through the HVO defences and came close to cutting the Vitez enclave into two pockets, reaching the village of Šantići on the Vitez-Busovača road, but HVO forces were able to hold on to the road. The HVO counterattacked on 24th January from Prozor in two directions, north towards the area of Gornji Vakuf and south towards Jablanica. The Rama brigade with this successful operation achieved a great strategic and moral goal: aside from the tactical victory, the HVO captured an important strategic position and broke the offensive of the Bosniak forces. The battle changed the balance of power on the Rama-Uskoplje front, marking a turning point in the war between the HVO and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The victory by the HVO set the stage for the Washington Agreement. The Croat–Bosniak War was a conflict between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, supported by Croatia, that lasted from 18 October 1992 to 23 February 1994.