| Abstract | Nakon prvih višestranačkih izbora u Hrvatskoj, u svibnju 1991. godine i pobjede
Hrvatske demokratske zajednice vidljivo je bilo kako dolazi do raspada druge Jugoslavije i
početka krize i stanja rata na području Hrvatske. Ostavši bez oružja, hrvatska vlast je morala
oružje i potrebnu opremu za moguću agresiju. Uskoro je krenula organizacija i utemeljenje i
Hrvatske vojske iz koje se službeno 12. rujna 1991. godine formirala i Hrvatska ratna
mornarica na čelu s admiralom Svetom Leticom sa zadatkom obrane pomorskih gradova i
naselja na hrvatskom dijelu Jadrana.
Znajući važnost Jadrana i zbog velikog broja vojarni na području grada Splita,
Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica je u periodu od rujna do prosinca 1991. godine provela tri
pomorske blokade u kojima je obustavljen cijeli promet hrvatskih luka na Jadranu. Tijekom
treće pomorske blokade, 15. studenog 1991. godine dogodio se napad na središnji grad
Dalmacije, Split. Bitka za Split i razbijanje treće, ujedno i najduže pomorske blokade odvila
se prva i najveća bitka između Jugoslavenske ratne mornarice i tek oformljene Hrvatske ratne
mornarice. Iako je Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica bila nadmoćnija i jača, Hrvatska ratna
mornarica svojom borbenošću i spremnošću grad Split je obranila te je razbijena pomorska
blokada. Nakon ove bitke neprijateljski brodovi su protjerani do svojih zadnjih jadranskih
luka na otoku Visu i Lastovu koje su u lipnju 1992. godine i napustile. Obranom Splita, grad
više tijekom rata nije došao u direktan dodir s ratom, a upravo je i u Splitu održano suđenje
31 oficiru Jugoslavenske narodne armije koji su sudjelovali u pomorskim blokadama i
napadu na grad. |
| Abstract (english) | After the first multi-party elections in Croatia, in May 1991, and the victory of the
Croatian Democratic Union, it was evident that second Yugoslavia was disintegrating and the
beginning of the crisis and the state of war in Croatia. Left without weapons, the Croatian
government needed weapons and the necessary equipment for possible aggression. The
organization and establishment of the Croatian Army soon began, from which the Croatian
Navy was officially formed on September 12, 1991, led by Admiral Sveta Letica, with the
task of defending naval towns and settlements in the Croatian part of the Adriatic.
Knowing the importance of the Adriatic and due to a large number of barracks in the
city of Split, the Yugoslav Navy carried out three naval blockades in the period from
September to December 1991, in which the entire traffic of Croatian ports on the Adriatic
was suspended. During the third naval blockade, on November 15th, 1991, an attack took
place on the central city of Dalmatia, Split. The battle for Split and the breaking of the third,
at the same time the longest naval blockade took place the first and largest battle between the
Yugoslav Navy and the newly formed Croatian Navy. Although the Yugoslav Navy was
superior and stronger, the Croatian Navy defended the city of Split with its fighting spirit and
readiness, and the naval blockade was broken. After this battle, enemy ships were expelled to
their last Adriatic ports on the islands of Vis and Lastovo, which they left in June 1992. With
the defense of Split, the city no longer came into direct contact with the war during the war,
and the trial of 31 Yugoslav People's Army officers who took part in naval blockades and
attacks on the city was held in Split. |
