Operation Bøllebank
1994 Bosnian War confrontation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Operation Bøllebank (English: Operation Bully Bashing) is the name given to the military confrontation between Bosnian Serb military forces and Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish combat units composing the United Nations Protection Force's (UNPROFOR) Nordic Battalion (NORDBAT 2), outside of the city of Tuzla on 29 April 1994.
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Operation Bøllebank | |||||||
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Part of the Bosnian War | |||||||
UN convoy near Tuzla during the Bosnian war 1994 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republika Srpska | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Colonel Christer Svensson NORDBAT2-CO Lt. Colonel Lars R. Møller NORDBAT2-CoS Major Carsten Rasmussen Sqn-CO | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Jutland Dragoon Regiment Swedish regiment NORDBAT 2 | East Bosnia Corps | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7 Leopard 1 A5 tanks (1st & 2nd platoon plus squ leader) 1 APC PBV302 (command post) 3 in reserve (3rd platoon) |
3 T-55 tanks Anti-tank missiles Several artillery pieces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 tank damaged[1] |
Between 9 (Serb sources) and 150 (other sources) soldiers killed, with a similar amount of injured[1] Ammunition store destroyed Three T-55 tanks disabled[2] |
When trying to relieve Swedish forces at the Tango 2 observation post past the village of Kalesija, Danish forces of the Jydske Dragonregiment were ambushed by the Bosnian Serb Šekovići brigade. The ambush was dispersed by backup UN forces retaliating with heavy fire from Danish Snow Leopard tanks in two separate firefights. While no Danish or Swedish soldiers were killed in the operation, estimates place the number of Serbian deaths as high as 150.
The incident is the first time the Danish Armed Forces had carried out combat operations since the Second World War nearly fifty years prior, and is the source of ongoing debate and controversy as to the rights of UN peacekeeping forces to exert force and engage in direct combat.