Operation Oganj '92

Operation Оganj '92
Date 7 October 1992 Location the Bosnian War Result ARBiH Victory
Belligerents
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republika Srpska
Commanders and leaders
Izet Nanić	Ranko Dabić
Units involved
505th Buzim Brigade	1st Novigrad Light Brigade
Casualties and losses
43 wounded	several dead

Operation Oganj '92 was a military action conducted on the 7th October 1992 by the 505th Bužim Brigade then called the 105. Bužim-Krajina Brigade. The goal of the operation was to push back the Serb forces who were standing on the outskirts of Bužim and liberate the occupied elevation of Čorkovač.

The operation

In this operation the 505th Bužim Brigade liberated Čorkovača, taking control of part of the state border. The operation was carried out by ČSN HAMZA and a company of the second battalion of the 105th Buzim Brigade with the APAČE detachment from the 111th Bosanska Krupa Brigade. This battle confirmed the strategic genius of the young general Izet Nanić, it was the first offensive action of the 505th Bužim Brigade.

Aftermath

In the area of Ćorkovača about twenty km2 of territory was liberated, a significant amount of weapons and ammunition was captured, and several dozen enemy soldiers were liquidated. With this conquest, they were achieved significantly more favorably conditions for planning a wider action to liberate state territory in the direction of the north and east. Frontal attack was no longer the only option. They liberated the state border from Culumka to Corkovac in a length of 10 km (never lost until the end of the war).