<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Croatian War of Independence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Yugoslav Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top left: the central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia; soldiers of the Croatian Army preparing to destroy a Serbian tank; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery; a Serbian T - 55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 31 March 1991--12 November 1995 (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 5 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Croatia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Croatian victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Croatian forces regain control over most of RSK - held Croatian territory; </Li> <Li> Croatian forces advance into Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the eventual end of the Bosnian War . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> The Croatian government gains control over the vast majority of Croatian territory previously held by rebel Serbs, with the remainder coming under UNTAES control . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croatia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994--95) </Td> <Td> <P> Republic of Serbian Krajina </P> Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) (controlled by SR Serbia) (1991--92) Republika Srpska (1992--95) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franjo Tuđman Gojko Šušak Anton Tus Janko Bobetko Zvonimir Červenko Petar Stipetić Atif Dudaković </Td> <Td> Slobodan Milošević Milan Martić Milan Babić Goran Hadžić Mile Mrkšić Veljko Kadijević Jovica Stanišić Franko Simatović Radovan Karadžić Ratko Mladić </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croatia 70,000 (1991) 200,000 (1995) </Td> <Td> JNA 145,000 (1991) RSK 50,000 (1995) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croatia 6,788--8,784 soldiers and 4,508--7,186 civilians killed or missing 220,000 displaced </Td> <Td> RSK 4,177 soldiers and 2,650 civilians killed or missing 300,000 displaced JNA 1,279 soldiers killed </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Croatian War of Independence </Th> </Tr>

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