HDZ Committee in Bihać appealed for help to the political and military bodies in Zagreb. “Please pay the utmost seriousness to the situation and take immediate and radical steps in order to save the population and the territory of the Una-Sana Canton”. 25-30 July 1995: Operation Ljeto ’95 (Summer) Mission: –– free Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoč; –– cut the Knin – Drvar communication; –– increase security in Livno and Kupres; –– halt the Serbian offensive on Bihać; –– create the conditions for taking Knin and freeing the other occupied parts of Croatia. By freeing Bosansko Grahovo on 28 July, and the Derala pass and Glamoč on 29 July Croatian forces semi-encircled the rebel Serbs in northern Dalmatia and created the conditions for advancing to Banja Luka. The communication of Serbian units was limited along the Knin – Otrić – Srb and Obrovac – Gračac routes. Croatian units liberated about 1,600 sq. km. of territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 3 August 1995: The negotiations between the Croatian authorities and the rebel Serbs at Genthod near Geneva ran into a deadlock; the leadership of the rebel Serbs turned down the proposals of the Croatian side. On the same day, in the evening hours Serbian artillery attacked the greater area of Dubrovnik: three civilians were killed, and three wounded.
Napredovanje Hrvatske vojske. Advance of the Croatian Army
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