The Day of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving, the Day of Croatian Veterans and the Anniversary of the Operation Storm, is celebrated every year on 5th August in Croatia, on the day when the Croatian Army liberated the occupied Knin in 1995. and won the Homeland War.
30 years ago, on August 5th, 1995, Operation Storm returned the entire occupied territory to the Croatian constitutional order, except for Eastern Slavonia. The operation liberated 10,400 square kilometers, or 18.4 percent of Croatia's total area. The Storm, along with the Flash war actions, was a key operation that led to the end of the Homeland War. The liberation of Knin, the center of hostile rebellion in Croatia, achieved the most important strategic, political and military objective.
The central ceremony will be held in Knin as the previous years.
Take a look what it looked like fe years ago at the Homeland War Museum in Turanj:
Highlight the Croatian flags on our facades with pride! We congratulate You on the Day of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving and the Day of Croatian Defenders.
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