The 1Th Prnjavor Light Infantry Brigade was one of the strongest units of the Army of the Republika Srpska, part of the First Krajina Corps.


The Content [Hide] 1 History 2 The Way of War 2.1 1992 2/2 1993 3/2 1994 4/2 1995 3 Brigade structure 4 See also 5 References 6 References 7 External links

The history Created in the whirlwind of war, it grew up in the fiercest fighting, It was formed on May 26, 1992, by order of General Momir Talic. [1] [3] The brigade was commanded by Colonel Vlado Zivkovic. [1] 4,063 fighters passed through the brigade, of whom 216 were killed and 27 are missing. [1] She took part in battles on 43 battlefields. [1] She suffered the greatest losses on the Ozren battlefield. [4] The brigade also published its newspaper "Borac". [5]


The Road of war 1992 The war began on the battlefields of Western Slavonia, and only a little later on the borders of the Prnjavor municipality, on the Derventa battlefield. The then detachment of the Territorial Defense, after the armistice on the Slavonian battlefield, became part of the Brigade as the 1st Battalion, and the newly formed 2nd Battalion included the Potocani Company, which already had experience on Bijelo Brdo. The brigade is part of the Army of Republika Srpska and under the direct command of the First Krajina Corps. Almost on the move, the brigade set out to carry out new combat missions. First on Cer (Mišinci), and after the end of the operation, on the orders of the higher command in Modriča, where he participated in the breakthrough of the Corridor. It's a task was successfully performed again. Fighting continued towards the Bosna River, followed by the liberation of Odžak and Prud. The brigade broke out completely on the Sava River here for the first time.The situation on the Brod battlefield is very complex. By order of the command of the 1st Krajina Corps, the brigade went to the Obodni Canal, known for its war actions. The enemy acted with all available means. However, the counterattack liberated Zborište. The brigade arrived in Sijekovac, and the town of Brod itself was liberated.

The Prnjavor Brigade took part in Operation Vrbas, where it liberated the town of Jajce in the final battles in October 1992.

In November, the people of Prnjavor went to the Teslić battlefield, and due to the exceptional situation on Ozren, 70 fighters of this brigade were sent to Vozuća, where the penetration of the enemy was stopped.

1993

In 1993, the brigade was welcomed at the Doboj battlefield, and in February it was sent to the Brčko battlefield (Omerbegovača, Vranovača), and later to Ulice; she stayed here for a full 8 months. On the orders of the corps command, on October 3, 1993, the brigade went to the Benkovac battlefield in the Republic of Serbian Krajina, where it spent three months of war. The brigade later moved again to the Doboj battlefield (Stanovi), where it broke through the enemy line and captured more enemy soldiers, weapons and war equipment.

1994

As early as the beginning of 1994, the brigade again went to the Teslić battlefield (Crna rijeka). The Doboj operative group orders that one battalion move in the direction of Crna rijeka - Hatkina njiva - Novi Šeher - Perkovići - Radunice - Tromeđa and take up positions on the line Devetinsko brdo - Globarice - Bradić Gornji. On the orders of OG Doboj, the brigade marched from the Black River and occupied the line of defense on the right bank of the river Bosna, where it again organized a strong defense and prevented the penetration of the enemy towards Doboj. The brigade stays here for 3 months.At the Ozren-Vozuć battlefield, the enemy again attacked the Serbian lines of defense. On June 17, 1994, the Wolves from Vučijak, which are part of the second battalion, left for the Svinjašnica area, and later the entire brigade was sent to the Podsjelovo-Ozren line. During 1994, the enemy attacked more and more fiercely and strongly, but the Prnjavor Brigade did not give up and successfully, together with other units of the Republika Srpska Army, defeated every offensive and attack of the 2nd and 3rd Corps of ARBiH and the El Mujahedin detachment. 1995

This war year was very tragic for the Prnjavor Brigade on the Ozren-Vozuć front. On May 27 in the coding action Spring and on July 21 in the action Spring 1, the brigade suffered terrible losses in the area of ​​Podsjelov. These were very hard and bloody battles; over 100 Serb fighters from Prnjavor were killed, and many are still missing today; horrific killings of captured fighters were committed by the infamous El Mujahedin detachment.In August, the Prnjavor Brigade went to the Novograd battlefield in the Tunjica region, where it defended Novi Grad with other units of the Army of the Republika Srpska and the Police. On September 18 and 19, he took part in stopping the operation of the Croatian Army Una 95, and inflicted heavy losses on the Croatian Army in the counter-offensive. After the completion of this task and the rejection of the enemy beyond the borders of the Republika Srpska, the brigade returns to the Teslić battlefield in the area of ​​the village of Vitkovci, where it will remain until the end of the war conflicts in BiH.

Brigade structure 1st Infantry Battalion

2nd Infantry Battalion

3rd Infantry Battalion

Military Police Company

Scout Company

Mortar line 82mm

Mortar line 120mm

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°Army of Republic Srpska °Wolves from Vučijak °Veljko Milankovic °27th Motorized Brigade