Julij 2nd 1991, JNA's last stand

[Betonov]

2nd of july was the definite turning point in the war. Slovenian (TO) numbers have doubled with volunteers and defectors and captured heavy equipement was in abundance. At 5 AM the JNA armoured column, still blocked in Krakov forrest, was again attacked with full force. JNA sent a relief force from Jastrebarsko, but they were ambushed at Prilipe and pushed back. Seeing no way out, the remaining vehicle crewmen and soldiers abandoned their vehicles and ran for the woods. A mop-up operation by the TO conducted during the night rounded them up. The armoured column that was supposed to take the capitol on the first day was destroyed.

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JNA soldiers and a JNA tank out of action. There were numerous reports of crewmen panicking and stranding their vehicles. In the first day of the war one crew managed to overturn their tank

Meanwhile JNA continued air attacks on baricades, captured depots and transmitters. The war on the ground was nearing the end. The Kuzma outpost was attacked and after an intense firefight the JNA commander was killed and the rest of the garison surrendered. The garrison in the besieged Franc-Rozman Stane barracks in Maribor started firing howitzers at TO positions. Nothing was hit but trees, they were firing blind.
A TO unit encountered a tank unit on it's way to Maribor near Dravograd and managed to destroy it after 5 hours of hit and run attacks. JNA jets couldn't stop the attacks.
Negotiations continued in Zagreb. Knowing that there were political forces at work which prevented a full JNA attack and that ground operations were broken, Slovenia declared a unilateral cease-fire. TO will now attack only in self defence.

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Krakov forrest


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Despite the still real threat of an air attack and an on-going state of war, life was slowly returning to normal.

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Some JNA officers were shocked at the handling of the war and had no idea of the politics behind the blunder
(from left to right) Milan Kucan, Slovenias president, Franjo Tudjman, Croatian president and Stipe Mesic, Yugoslav president (elected president of Croatia after the war) during the Zagreb negotiations. Coffee wins wars

[Respenus]

Hey Betonov, where's the left half of the last image from? I've seen Slovenija na barikadah and War in Slovenia. Seeing there's a third documentary "out there", I'm wondering what's it called.

Great job as always at presenting our history.

[Betonov]

Thanks :yeah:

It's from BBC's Death of Yugoslavia, third part (wars of independence). Only one third is about Slovenija. But it's the most ''revealing'' about the politics behind it.

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vr7GCJE0o&feature=related