Vukowar Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

Cenarius: Hi HR_s00va,

Unfortunately there's been some continuing issues with this cache and there is no reaction from the owner. Since the cache no longer meets the Guidelines requirements, I am archiving it. I'm also archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

If you think you have legitimate reasons for lack of maintenance and want to restore the cache in the near future, please let me know as soon as possible by the email provided in my profile. The message must include the GC code and the name of the cache. If the cache meets the requirements of the Guidelines and the reasons for unarchiving are justified, I may unarchive the cache.

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In case of permanent archiving of the cache, the owners are obliged to remove everything that they have placed on the field in relation to the cache (container and all placed waypoints).

Thank you for your understanding and best regards.

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Hidden : 11/15/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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18. studeni – Dan sjećanja na Vukovar
Ukoliko dolazite na ovaj cache u Vukovarskoj ulici na ovaj datum ne zaboravite zapaliti svijeću za Vukovarske žrtve.

18th November - Remembrance Day for the victims of Vukovar
If you are looking for this cache in Vukovar street on this date, please remember to light a candle for those who fall in Vukovar.

Bitka za Vukovar je najveća i najkrvavija bitka u Domovinskom ratu. To je bila 87-dnevna opsada hrvatskog grada Vukovara od strane Jugoslavenske narodne armije, uz pomoć srpskih paravojnih snaga od kolovoza do studenog 1991. godine tijekom Domovinskog rata. Bitka je završena porazom lokalnog Zbora narodne garde, velikim razaranjem Vukovara i brojnim ubojstvima i progonom hrvatskog stanovništva. U bitki je poginulo između 2.900 i 3.600 ljudi.

Iako je bitka bila značajan i simbolički gubitak za Hrvatsku, koja nije povratila kontrolu nad gradom do 1998. godine, to je, također, bila pobjeda, koja je koštala JNA i pomogla da Hrvatska dobije međunarodnu potporu za svoju neovisnost. Budući da je široko štovana kao ključni trenutak u tijeku Domovinskog rata, to je pirova pobjeda Jugoslavenske narodne armije nad hrvatskim braniteljima Vukovara


The Battle of Vukovar (Croatian: Bitka za Vukovar), was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991. Before the Croatian War of Independence the Baroque town was a prosperous, mixed community of Croats, Serbs and other ethnic groups. As Yugoslavia began to break up, Serbia's President Slobodan Milošević and Croatia's President Franjo Tuđman started to pursue nationalist politics. In 1990, an armed insurrection was started by Croatian Serb militias, supported by the Serbian government and paramilitary groups, who seized control of Serb-populated areas of Croatia. The JNA began to intervene in favour of the rebellion, and conflict broke out in the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia in May 1991. In August the JNA launched a full-scale attack against Croatian-held territory in eastern Slavonia, including Vukovar.

Vukovar was defended by around 1,800 lightly armed soldiers of the Croatian National Guard (ZNG) and civilian volunteers, against 36,000 JNA soldiers and Serbian paramilitaries equipped with heavy armour and artillery. During the battle, shells and rockets were fired into the town at a rate of up to 12,000 a day. At the time it was the fiercest and most protracted battle in Europe, and Vukovar was the first major European town entirely destroyed since the Second World War. When Vukovar fell on 18 November 1991, hundreds of soldiers and civilians were massacred by Serb forces and at least 31,000 civilians were deported from the town and its surroundings. Most of Vukovar was ethnically cleansed of its non-Serb population and became part of the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina. Several Serb military and political officials, including Milošević, were later indicted and in some cases jailed for war crimes committed during and after the battle.

The battle exhausted the JNA and proved a turning point in the Croatian war. A ceasefire was declared a few weeks later. Vukovar remained in Serb hands until 1998 when it was peacefully reintegrated into Croatia. It has since been rebuilt but has less than half of its pre-war population and many buildings are still scarred by the battle. Its two principal ethnic communities remain deeply divided and it has not regained its former prosperity.

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