The Johovica ambush was an attack by the NOZB, when they invaded the territory of the ARBiH through the territory of the RSK and successfully occupied a good part along the border of Cazinska Krajina and Serbian Krajina. They also advanced south of Velika Kladuša, but the ARBiH stopped further expansion on the southern side and stabilized the front.[1]
Course of the Clashes
Abdić's forces regained the initiative when the fighting resumed on December 4, the army received permission from the Serb Krajina army to cross their territory.[3] The National Defense of Western Bosnia passes through RSK and attacks the Bihac enclave near Ličko Petrovo Selo from the western side. Advancing from this unexpected direction, a relatively small number of 1,500 APZB soldiers managed to gain a significant foothold in the western enclave of Bihać, occupying a strip of territory several kilometers deep along the RSK border and advancing as far as 10 km from Cazin.[4] At the same time, Abdić's forces in the north managed to capture Johovica and Skokovi, two settlements for which fierce clashes were fought, and they were located a few kilometers south of Velika Kladisa. The newly appointed commander of the Bihać region, Atif Dudaković, reacted quickly, engaging the forces that were withdrawing from their southern moves, he halted the further advance of Abdić on December 8.[1]
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