Battle of Žepče
| Battle of Žepče | |||||||||
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| Part of Croat-Bosniak war | |||||||||
Battle map | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Republika Srpska | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ivo Lozančić Slavko Lisica |
Galib Dervišević (POW) Refika Lenda | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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: 7,000 soldiers (2,000 in Žepče only) : At least 7 tanks |
: 12,500 soldiers : Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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52 killed Unknown |
120 killed 5,000 captured Many Bosniaks executed | ||||||||
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9,000 displaced 427 are deported to Žepče camp 160 are killed in camps | |||||||||
The Battle of Žepče (Croatian: Bitka kod Žepča) took place between the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) in Žepče, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 24 to 30 June 1993. It was also one of the cases where Serbian and Croatian forces had cooperation between each other against the Bosniak forces.