| Battle of Ernestinovo | |||||||
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| Part of theCroatian War of Independence | |||||||
 Map showing the fighting in eastern Slavonia, September 1991 – January 1992 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg) Yugoslavia SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia |  Croatia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Željko Ražnatović | Nikola Huđin | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Territorial Defense Serb Volunteer Guard |  Croatian Police Croatian Defence Forces | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 41 killed, mostly soldiers | ||||||
TheBattle of Ernestinovo was a battle during theCroatian War of Independence fought on 20 November 1991. It was fought betweenCroatia, andSAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia which was supported by theYugoslav People's Army (JNA).[2] The JNA tookErnestinovo then thebattle for Antunovac began.[2][3]
The attack onErnestinovo and Seles began on November 20. Before five o'clock in the morning on November 20, 1991, a fierce attack by the JNA and Croat Serbs on defenders, who defendedErnestinovo until their last breath, began from all surrounding strongholds.[4]
All the force fell onErnestinovo that day - from aerial rocket fire to rocket fire with multi-barreled launchers and grenades, from all calibers of artillery and armored vehicles, all with infantry attacks. 11 tanks moved to the place and the defenders had nothing to defend themselves.[5]
The fact that the place was inhabited made it even more difficult for the defenders,[6] so around noon they started pulling people out of the southern part of the village towardsOsijek.[7]
That day and the next day, 27 people died, some civilians, some soldiers.[8] A total of 41 people died inErnestinovo.[3]
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