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Wartime events in Zgornja Gorenjska during the War of Independence in 1991

Abstract

The paper at hand describes wartime events that took place in Zgornja Gorenjska in the early summer of 1991 to secure the plebiscitary decision of the Slovenian nations of December 1990. Special emphasis is placed on the operations of the Territorial Defence of the Republic of Slovenia and the Yugoslav People’s Army, and the author also refers to some activities carried out by the then Slovenian militia and other structures that took part in said events. After briefly outlining the events that led to armed conflict in the territory of Slovenia in the introductory part, the author provides a chronological overview of wartime developments. The paper mostly draws on published literature, newspaper articles of that time and testimonies of participants, as the material of the RS Territorial Defence and the Yugoslav People’s Army still remains largely inaccessible to researchers.