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The 104th Brigade (Croatian: 104. brigada) was a unit of the Croatian Army that existed during the Croatian War of Independence.
History
The 104th was formed as part of the Croatian National Guard (Zbor narodne garde) on May 8, 1991, and officially activated as of July 2, 1991. Operations were undertaken in September 1991 as part of blockades of the Yugoslav People's Army at Varaždin, which remains the home of the brigade.
The brigade undertook front line combat duty against Serbian forces in October 1991 and operated there into December 1992, suffering 174 casualties (29 dead). Operations in 1993 resulted in a further 13 casualties (1 dead). Around 12,000 soldiers served in the brigade from 1991 to 1995.
After demobilization, the brigade became a recruit training unit.
= Operations
=Siege of Varaždin Barracks, September 1991
Kalnik partisan barracks blockade, September 1991
Bjelovar barracks blockade, 1991
Nuštar, Slavonia front-line duty, October, 1991
Lipik-Pakrac front-line duty, November 1991 - July 1992
Posavina front-line duty, to July 1993
Operation Flash, 1995
Operation Storm, 1995
People
Major Mirko Druško, 2nd Battalion Commander
Colonel Ivan Matoković, Brigade Commander from 1994
Major Vjeran Rožić, Brigade Commander 1993 to 1994
Colonel Ivan Rukljić, Brigade Commander to December 15, 1992
See also
List of military equipment of Croatia
References
Sources
104th Brigade of Croatian army, Varazdin
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