ANDRIJA MATIJAS - Famous Commander of the 4th Brigade * Croatia War 1990's book

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Real picture.
Nice rare book.
67. pages, llustrated
Year of issue 2013
Croatian language
Size 205 x 145 mm
Excellent condition.
When we set off, heaven and earth will burn ”is the title of a book about Andrija Matijaš Pauk (1947-1995), the legendary commander of the Armored Mechanized Battalion of the 4th Guards Brigade. The author Ivica Radoš, through a conversation with his comrades-in-arms and the wife of the late Andrija, follows Spider's life and career from his birth in Pozorac to his death in Podrašica near Mrkonjić Grad. He was the first to enter Grahovo Going to the military high school in Banja Luka was one of the turning points in Matijaš's life. In the late 1980s, Matijaš first worked for Croatian independence and freedom in secret, and then by going to the Banovina battlefield in August 1991. At the beginning of the fighting in the south, General Matijaš returned to Dalmatia. He first fought as an infantryman in the 4th Brigade of the ZNG, and then in June 1992 he founded the Independent Tank Company. He shows great courage in the operations of the liberation of Dubrovnik, especially in the operation Vlaštica. He then founded the Armored Mechanized Battalion of the 4th Guards Brigade. He was severely wounded in Operation Maslenica in 1993, but continued to fight as if nothing had happened. The military operations that preceded the Storm followed. Matijaš, for example, built tanks on the Dinara where not even a military boot was ever trodden, so he was the first Croatian soldier to enter Grahovo. After the Storm, he took part in important liberation actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as Operation Maestral when Jajce was liberated. The Southern Move, a military operation that lasted from October 8 to 12, 1995, was to be the end of war and military career for Matthias, preparing for retirement. However, on October 9, in the battles for Mrkonjić Grad, the charismatic "armored man" Andrija Matijaš Pauk was killed. And in the village of Podrashnica. New details In the chaos of the battle he died in an accident. In this book, Matijaš's longtime comrade-in-arms, deputy and assistant, HV Colonel Nenad Žure, for the first time presents the real truth and details about how the legendary Spider died.
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