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Battle of Kusonje
The Battle of Kusonje was a two-day clash fought in the village of Kusonje near the town of Pakrac on 8–9 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. The battle was initiated when a platoon of the Croatian National Guard ( – ZNG) was ambushed by Croatian Serb forces while conducting a reconnaissance patrol. The ZNG deployed reinforcements to extract the ambushed platoon, but failed to reach them. The surviving members of the platoon held out until they ran out of ammunition and surrendered only to be
:In 1543, Kusonje and near town Pakrac were conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman rule lasted until it was seized and reconquered by the Croats and Austrians in 1691. Exactly 300 years later, in 1991, war broke out in Croatia, of which Kusonje and Pakrac were a part. The JNA and Serbian Army briefly occupied the town in March 1991, but Croatian government forces swiftly won the land back.
See also.
- Battle of Kusonje