(1919-01-10)10 January 1919 Crnac (part of Sisak), Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died
29 April 2003(2003-04-29) (aged 84) Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Allegiance
Yugoslavia (1941–1991) Croatia (1991–2003)
Years of service
1945–1971 (JNA) 1992–1995 (HV)
Rank
Lieutenant General (JNA) General of the Army (HV)
Commands held
Chief of General Staff (HV) Commander of Southern Front (HV) Chief of Staff of 5th Army District (JNA) Political Commissar of 32nd Division Political Commissar of Brigade
Battles/wars
World War II Croatian War of Independence
Operation Tiger
Operation Maslenica
Operation Jackal
Operation Medak Pocket
Operation Flash
Operation Bura
Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti-fascist military unit during World War II in Yugoslavia. He later had a military career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
In 1992, Bobetko became the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army (HV). He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried; a later verdict in another case found that he took part in the joint criminal enterprise against the non-Croat population during the Bosnian War.
JankoBobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence...
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January 22, 2011. "Profile: General JankoBobetko". BBC News. BBC. April 29, 2003. Retrieved January 22, 2011. "JankoBobetko, 84, a Hero of Croatian Independence...
the HV appointed General JankoBobetko to command the Southern Front, encompassing the Herzegovina and Dubrovnik areas. Bobetko reorganized the HVO command...
April 2002). "JankoBobetko: 'Greške generala Džanka u akciji 'Bljesak' može potvrditi moj tadašnji pomoćnik general Stipetić'" [JankoBobetko: Mistakes of...
Silajdžić Franjo Tuđman Krešimir Zubak Top military commanders Rahim Ademi JankoBobetko Agim Çeku Wesley Clark Rasim Delić Sefer Halilović Veljko Kadijević...
Bihać to the Serbs was strategically important to Croatia, and General JankoBobetko, the Chief of the Croatian General Staff, considered the potential fall...
general Boris Šerić Notable commanders General Martin Špegelj, General JankoBobetko, General Petar Stipetić, General Zvonimir Červenko, Lieutenant General...
Silajdžić Franjo Tuđman Krešimir Zubak Top military commanders Rahim Ademi JankoBobetko Agim Çeku Wesley Clark Rasim Delić Sefer Halilović Veljko Kadijević...
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Silajdžić Franjo Tuđman Krešimir Zubak Top military commanders Rahim Ademi JankoBobetko Agim Çeku Wesley Clark Rasim Delić Sefer Halilović Veljko Kadijević...
the Croatian leadership deployed the HV, under the command of General JankoBobetko, to the "Southern Front" including the area in which Operation Jackal...
Dubrovnik. The preparations for the operation were done by HV general JankoBobetko. Bobetko reorganized the HVO command structure. In late May the HVO forces...
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Silajdžić Franjo Tuđman Krešimir Zubak Top military commanders Rahim Ademi JankoBobetko Agim Çeku Wesley Clark Rasim Delić Sefer Halilović Veljko Kadijević...
Global Information
Yugoslavia (1941–1991)
Croatia (1991–2003)