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Operation Amanda

A Danish IFOR Leopard 1 tank crushing a decommissioned Serbian recoilless gun in 1996

Date	October 25, 1994
Location	near Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result	UN victory

Belligerents

Army of Republika Srpska

Danish Defence
(as part of UNPROFOR forces)

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

J. Christensen

Strength

1 T-55 tank

Recoilless anti-tank guns

3 Leopard 1A5 tanks

Casualties and losses

1 T-55 tank disabled

1 recoilless gun destroyed

1 Leopard tank lightly damaged

Bosnian War

1992

1993

1994

1995

Operation Amanda was a United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) mission conducted by Danish peacekeeping troops, with the aim of recovering an observation post, S01, belonging to 9th mech inf coy Nordbat 2 near Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 25, 1994.^[1]

The engagement

The outpost had been used as a temporary observation post (OPT) but Nordbat wanted to turn it into a permanent observation post. Following a series of sniper attacks by Bosnian Serb forces, the staff of Nordbat 2 decided it was time to "show the flag". A task force was put together with one mechanised infantry platoon from the Swedish 9th Mechanised Infantry Company and one tank platoon from the Danish tank company. One Swedish mechanised infantry platoon put on high alert status in order to provide recovery and rescue services. There were also units from the Jordanian Army with artillery localisation radar and medics with armoured ambulances standing by.

While en route to reoccupying the position, the Danish force, composed of three Leopard 1 tanks, was fired on by a T-55 Bosnian Serb tank.^[2] After sustaining slight damage to one of the Leopards, the advancing peacekeeping tanks returned fire, destroying one recoilless rifle and putting the T-55 out of action.^[3] The Leopards fired a total of twenty-one 105mm rounds.^[1]

The outpost was eventually retaken by UNPROFOR. A statement was issued by the UN about the aftermath of the incident, confirming the fate of the Serb T-55:

The best tank-killing weapon is another tank. In the end, air [support] was not needed.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Hansen, Ole Kjeld (1997). "Operation Hooligan-bashing – Danish Tanks at War". Archived from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ "Yugoslav events chronology - October 25 entry". University of Texas at Arlington. 17 March 2000. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b Patrick Moore (27 October 1994). "RFE/RL Daily Report". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 17 February 2021. The UN stressed that "the best tank-killing weapon is another tank. In the end, air [support] was not needed."

References

"Yugoslav events chronology". University of Texas at Arlington. 17 March 2000. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
"RFE/RL Daily Report". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 27 October 1994. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015. The UN stressed that "the best tank-killing weapon is another tank. In the end, air [support] was not needed."

Wars and battles involving Serbs

Medieval

Serbian–Bulgarian	Bulgar–Serb War (839–842) Bulgar–Serb War (853) Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 Bulgarian–Serbian border revolt Bulgarian-Serb War (998) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1203) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1291) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) Battle of Velbazhd
Serbian–Ottoman	Early skirmishes Battle of Gallipoli Battle of Stephaniana Battle of Demotika in 1352 Battle of Sırp Sındığı in 1364 Fall of the Serbian Empire Battle of Maritsa in 1371 Battle of Dubravnica in 1381 Battle of Savra in 1385 Battle of Pločnik in 1386 Battle of Kosovo in 1389 Serbian Despotate Battle of Karanovasa Battle of Tripolje in 1402 Siege of Novo Brdo in 1412 Battle of Vitosha Pass in 1413 Battle of Carmorlu First Scutari War Second Scutari War Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1425 Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1427 Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1437 Battle of Trnava (1430) Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1438 Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1439–1444) Crusade of Varna Battle of Nish (1443) Battle of Zlatitsa in 1443 Battle of Kunovica in 1444 Ottoman invasion of Serbia (1454–1455) Battle of Kruševac in 1454 Battle of Leskovac in 1454 Ottoman invasion of Serbia in 1456 Siege of Belgrade Siege of Smederevo Ottoman invasion and conquest of Serbia in 1459 Battle of Breadfield in 1479 Ottoman conquest of Zeta in 1499
Serbian–Byzantine	Serb Uprising of 1038–1042 Battle of Bar Slav Uprising in Pomoravlje Battle of Zvečan (1094) Battle of Haram Siege of Ras (1127) Battle of Tara (1150) Byzantine–Hungarian War (1149–1155) Siege of Braničevo (1154) Battle of Pantina Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–1129) Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 Serbian invasion of Macedonia led by Syrgiannes Palaiologos (1334) Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
Other	Hungarian invasions of Europe Magyar–Serb conflict Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–1129) Battle of Sirmium Battle of Gacko Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia Mačva War Hungarian–Serbian War (1321-1324) War of Hum (1326–1329) Serbian civil war of 1331 Serbian nobility conflict (1369) Battle of Rovine Battle of Nicopolis Battle of Ankara Battle of Kosmidion Battle of Çamurlu Battle of Despotovac Siege of Belgrade (1440) Battle of Kosovo (1448) Fall of Constantinople

Foreign rule

Habsburgs	Jovan Nenad's uprising Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528 Battle of Szőlős Battle of Sződfalva Battle of Keresztes Great Turkish War Siege of Belgrade (1688) Battle of Batočina Battle of Niš (1689) Siege of Belgrade (1690) Battle of Lugos Rákóczi's War of Independence Battle of Saint Gotthard (1705) Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) Siege of Belgrade (1717) Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739) Battle of Zsibó Battle of Trenčín Battle of Petrovaradin Battle of Banja Luka Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)
Ottomans	Long War (Ottoman wars) (1593–1606) Banat Uprising (1594) Serb Uprising of 1596–1597 Battle of Mohács (1687) Uprising in Vučitrn Serb uprising of 1737–1739 Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion Battle of Martinići (1796) Battle of Krusi Battle of Lopate
Venice	Morean War Cretan War (1645–1669) Great Turkish War Battle on Vrtijeljka Battle of Slankamen Battle of Senta
Russia	Serbian Hussar Regiment Pruth River Campaign War of the Polish Succession Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Seven Years' War

19th century

Serbian Revolution	First Serbian Uprising Vračar Rudnik Svileuva Batočina and Jagodina Kragujevac Drlupa Čokešina Šabac Požarevac Karanovac Adakale Ivankovac Rudnik Vrbica Mišar Deligrad Belgrade (1806) Liberation of Belgrade Loznica Malajnica and Štubik Čegar Jasika Prahovo Suvodol Drina Varvarin Loznica Mačva Ravnje Hadži Prodan's Revolt Second Serbian Uprising Ljubić Čačak Palež Požarevac Rudnik Družetić Kragujevac Jagodina Karanovac Batočina Užice Valjevo Batočina
Ottoman	Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–1853) Battle of Grahovac Battle of Kolašin Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–1862) Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–1878) Battle of Vučji Do Battle of Fundina Battles for Plav and Gusinje Velika attacks Battle of Novšiće Battle of Murino
Other	Kumanovo uprising Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 Jančić's rebellion Priest Jovica's Rebellion Several battles of Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Battle of Vršac (1849) Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878) Battle of Vranje Siege of Cattaro Herzegovina uprising (1852–1862) Krivošije uprising (1869) Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) AU-BiH War Battle of Jajce (1878) Battle of Vitez (1878) Battle of Sarajevo (1878) Serbo-Bulgarian War Battle of Pirot Battle of Slivnitsa

20th century

Macedonian Struggle	Fight on Šuplji Kamen Fight on Čelopek Fight in Tabanovce Fight in Velika Hoča Fight on Čelopek (1906) Battle of Pirot (1913)
Balkan Wars	First Balkan War Battle of Kumanovo Battle of Prilep Battle of Monastir Siege of Scutari Siege of Adrianople Siege of Odrin (1912–1913) Second Balkan War Battle of Bregalnica Battle of Kalimanci Battle of Knjaževac Siege of Vidin (1913) Ohrid–Debar uprising
World War I	Montenegrin campaign Battle of Mojkovac Battle of Lovćen Serbian campaign Battle of Cer Battle of the Crna Bend (1916) Battle of Bazargic Battle of Dobro Pole Battle of the Drina Battle of Florina Battle of Kaymakchalan Battle of Kolubara Kosovo offensive (1915) Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918) Battle of Malka Nidzhe Macedonian front Monastir offensive Morava Offensive Ovče Pole Offensive Vardar offensive Srem Offensive Toplica Uprising
Interwar	Carinthia War Uprising in Drenica Christmas Uprising Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921) Drenica-Junik Uprising
World War II	Invasion of Yugoslavia Uprising in Serbia (1941) Uprising in Montenegro (1941) June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina Battle of Novi Pazar Battle of Pljevlja Battle of Kozara Battle of Loznica (1941) Battle of Livno Battle of Neretva Battle of the Sutjeska Raid on Drvar Battle of Knin Battle of Mostar Battle of Lijevče Field 1942 Montenegro offensive Bihać Operation Battle of Batina Belgrade Offensive Capture of Banja Koviljača Case Black Case White Operation Draufgänger Kozara Offensive Battle of Kupres (1942) Battle of Višegrad Mostar operation Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive Niš operation Battle of Odžak Capture of Olovo (1941) Operation Alfa Operation Delphin Operation Kopaonik Operation Kugelblitz Operation Mihailovic Operation Southeast Croatia Operation Trio Operation Uzice Battle of Poljana Operation Prijedor Siege of Rogatica (1941) Operation Rösselsprung (1944) Kosovo Operation (1944) Operation Spring Awakening Srb uprising Stratsin-Kumanovo operation Syrmian Front Battle of Zvornik Battle of Sarajevo (1945) Battle of Zelengora
Croatian War	Pakrac clash Plitvice Lakes incident Battle of Borovo Selo Operation Stinger 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia Battle of Osijek Battle of Vukovar Battle of Gospić Battle of Šibenik Battle of Zadar Battle of Kusonje Battle of the Barracks Siege of Varaždin Barracks Siege of Bjelovar Barracks Battle of the Dalmatian Channels Siege of Dubrovnik Operation Otkos 10 Operation Orkan 91 Operation Whirlwind Operation Baranja Operation Jackal Battle of the Miljevci Plateau Operation Tiger Operation Maslenica Operation Medak Pocket Operation Winter '94 Operation Flash Operation Summer '95 Operation Storm
Bosnian War	Battle of Bosanski Brod Battle of Kupres Siege of Sarajevo Siege of Srebrenica Siege of Goražde Siege of Doboj Operation Jackal Siege of Bihać (1992–95) Operation Vrbas '92 Operation Corridor 92 Operation Bura Kravica attack Siege of Mostar Operation Irma Operation Bøllebank Operation Tiger Battle of Kupres Operation Amanda Operation Spider Operation Winter '94 Battle of Vlašić Operation Leap 1 Battle of Orašje Operation Leap 2 Operation Summer '95 Battle of Vrbanja Bridge Battle of Vozuća Operation Miracle Operation Mistral 2 Operation Sana Operation Una Operation Southern Move NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 Pale air strikes Operation Deny Flight Operation Deliberate Force Operation Maritime Monitor
Kosovo War	Insurgency in Kosovo Albanian–Yugoslav border incident (December 1998) Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999) April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush Attack on Orahovac Attack on Prekaz Battle of Lođa Battle of Oraovica Battle of Belaćevac Mine Battle of Podujevo December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush Battle of Glođane July 18, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes Battle of Junik Battle of Košare Insurgency in the Preševo Valley Prizren incident (1999) NATO bombing of Yugoslavia Dubrava Prison bombings and executions 1999 F-117A shootdown

21st century

Peacekeeping	Central African Republic Cyprus DR Congo Ivory Coast Lebanon Liberia Mali Somalia

Yugoslav Wars

Wars and conflicts

Log Revolution (1990)
Slovenian War of Independence (1991)
Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
Bosnian War (1992–1995)
- Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994)
Kosovo War (1998–99)
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001)
2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)

Background

Anti-war protests

Successor states

Unrecognized entities

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (HRHB)
Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (APZB)
Republic of Kosova

Serb Autonomous Regions	Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia SAO Krajina SAO Western Slavonia Republika Srpska (RS) SAO Bosanska Krajina SAO Herzegovina SAO North-Eastern Bosnia SAO Romanija Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Dubrovnik Republic

United Nations protectorate

UNTAES
UNMIK

Armies

Yugoslav People's Army (JNA)
Yugoslav Territorial Defence (TO)
Slovenian Territorial Defence (TORS)
Yugoslav Army (VJ)
Croatian Army (HV)
BiH Territorial Defence (TORBIH)
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH)
Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)
Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina (SVK)
Croatian Defence Council (HVO)
Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK in R. Serbia)
National Liberation Army (UÇK in R. Macedonia)
Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB)

Military formations and volunteers

Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
Croatian Defence Forces (HOS)
White Eagles
Serb Guard (SG)
Serb Volunteer Guard (SDG)
Scorpions
Yellow Wasps
Garda Panteri
Dušan the Mighty
Kninjas
Serb Falcons [sr]
Tobutski sokolovi
Jackals
Greek Volunteer Guard
Wolves of Vučjak
AKSH
Green Berets (GB)
Patriotic League (PL)
Black Swans
Bosnian mujahideen
People's Defence of Western Bosnia (NOZB)

External factors

Politicians

Top military commanders

Other notable commanders

Key foreign figures

v t e Croatian War of Independence
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Prelude	Log Revolution SAO Krajina
1991	Pakrac clash Plitvice Lakes incident Siege of Kijevo Battle of Borovo Selo 1991 riot in Zadar 1991 protest in Split SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Killings of Serbs in Vukovar Sisak killings Tenja killings Operation Stinger Dalj massacre Operation Labrador SAO Western Slavonia Banija villages killings Battle of Vukovar Battle of Osijek Battle of Gospić Petrinja killings Berak killings Battle of Kusonje Četekovac massacre Battle of the Barracks Siege of Varaždin Barracks Siege of Bjelovar Barracks Battle of Zadar Battle of Šibenik 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia Korana bridge killings Tovarnik massacre Siege of Dubrovnik Novo Selo Glinsko massacre Bombing of Banski dvori Široka Kula massacre Lovas killings Gospić massacre Baćin massacre Saborsko massacre Požega villages massacre Operation Otkos 10 Battle of Logorište Poljanak and Vukovići massacres Erdut killings Pula incident Battle of the Dalmatian channels Kostrići massacre Škabrnja massacre Vukovar massacre Novska murders Vance plan Murder of the Zec family Operation Whirlwind Paulin Dvor massacre Gornje Jame massacre Operation Orkan 91 Voćin massacre Joševica massacre Operation Devil's Beam Bruška massacre Vrsar airport bombing
1992	Sarajevo Agreement 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing Operation Baranja Operation Jackal Battle of the Miljevci Plateau Operation Tiger (1992) Operation Liberated Land Battle of Konavle Operation Vlaštica
1993–94	Operation Maslenica Daruvar Agreement Operation Backstop Operation Medak Pocket Z-4 Plan Operation Winter '94
1995	Operation Leap 1 Operation Flash Medari massacre Zagreb rocket attack Operation Leap 2 Operation Summer '95 Operation Storm Kijani killings Golubić killings Uzdolje killings Bosanski Petrovac refugee column bombing Dvor massacre Komić killings Gošić killings Varivode massacre Operation Maestral 2
Timeline of the Croatian War of Independence
Internment camps	Begejci camp Bučje camp Kerestinec camp Knin camp Kuline prison camp Lora prison camp Marino Selo camp Ovčara camp Pakračka Poljana camp Sremska Mitrovica prison camp Stajićevo camp Velepromet camp
Other	Independence of Croatia Persecution of Croats in Serbia during the war in Croatia Erdut Agreement (UNTAES)
Category Commons

Bosnian War

Part of the Yugoslav Wars

Belligerents

Bosniak side	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st Corps 2nd Corps 3rd Corps 4th Corps 5th Corps 6th Corps 7th Corps Paramilitary Patriotic League Green Berets Croatian Defence Forces Bosnian mujahideen
Croat side	Croatian Defence Council 1OZ 2OZ 3OZ 4OZ Paramilitary Croatian Defence Forces Knights
Serb side	Army of Republika Srpska 1st Krajina Corps 2nd Krajina Corps 3rd Corps East Bosnia Corps Herzegovina Corps Sarajevo-Romanija Corps Drina Corps Paramilitary Wolves of Vučjak White Eagles Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions Yellow Wasps
Western Bosnian side	National Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia

Prelude

Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting
Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement
RAM Plan
Serb Autonomous Regions
Establishment of the Croatian Community of Herzeg Bosnia
Establishment of Republika Srpska
Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum
Sarajevo wedding attack
Declaration of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Battle of Bosanski Brod
Sijekovac killings
Bijeljina massacre
1992 anti-war protests in Sarajevo

1992

1993

1994

1995

Internment camps

Aspects

Timeline of the Bosnian War (Timeline of the Croat–Bosniak War)

Category
Commons

Breakup of Yugoslavia

Overview

Breakup of Yugoslavia (1991–1992)

Timeline of the breakup of Yugoslavia (1980–2008)

Background

Josip Broz Tito (until 1980)
Brotherhood and unity (until 1990)
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (until 1990)
Croatian Spring (1967–1971)
1981 protests in Kosovo
Islamic Declaration (1983)
SANU Memorandum (1986)
Contributions to the Slovene National Program (1987)
Slovene Spring (1987–1988)
Agrokomerc Affair (1987)
8th session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia (1987)
JBTZ trial (1988)
Hyperinflation in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1980s)

Events and actors

Anti-bureaucratic revolution (1988–1989)
Gazimestan speech (1989)
14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1990)
Independence of Croatia (1989–1992)
Log Revolution (1990–1991)
Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting (1991)
RAM Plan (1991)
Brioni Agreement (1991)
Role of the media in the breakup of Yugoslavia
Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia (1991–1993)

v t e Independence referendums in Yugoslavia
Republics and provinces	Slovenia (1990) Croatia (1991) Macedonia (1991) Kosovo (1991) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992) Montenegro (1992) Montenegro (2006)
Autonomy	SAO Krajina (1990) Sandžak (1991) Srpska (1991) Ilirida (1992) Eastern Slavonia (1997) Macedonia (2004)

Consequences

Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001)
Ethnic cleansing
Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
Ten-Day War (1991)
Bosnian War (1992–1995)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–)
Graz agreement (1992)
Sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2001)
Hyperinflation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1994)
Dayton Agreement (1996)
Joint Criminal Enterprise
Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control (1996)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1993–2017)
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević (2000)

Nationalism

Category

Category
Commons

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