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'{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia | native_name = Narodna odbrana Zapadne Bosne | start_date = 1993 | disbanded = 1995 | country = [[Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia]] | image = National Defense Of Western Bosnia.png | allegiance = | branch = | type = [[Paramilitary]] | size = 10,000<ref name="hamdo" /><ref name="oo" /> (4,000–5,000<ref>[[#Ramet|Ramet 2006]], p. 451</ref> active) | garrison = [[Velika Kladuša]] | motto = | battles = [[Yugoslav Wars]] * [[Bosnian War]] ** [[Siege of Bihać]] ** [[Operation Tiger (1994)]] ** [[Operation Spider]] | commander1 = [[Fikret Abdić]] | commander1_label = Commander-in-chief | commander2 = Hasib Hodžić<ref>https://hamdocamo.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/ko-su-bili-komandanti-abdiceve-porazene-vojske-otkrivamo-gdje-su-i-sta-rade-babini-vojnici/</ref> | commander2_label = Chief of Staff | notable_commanders = }} [[File:Western_Bosnia_1994.png|thumb|right|alt=People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia|Map of the Bihać pocket.]] The '''People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia''' ([[Bosnian language|Bosnian]]: ''Narodna Odbrana Zapadne Bosne'', '''NOZB'''; [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: ''Народна одбрана Западне Босне'', '''НОЗБ''' / ''Narodna Odbrana Zapadne Bosne'', '''NOZB''') was a paramilitary unit founded and led by [[Fikret Abdić]] that fought in the [[Bosnian War]] (1992–1995) during the [[Yugoslav Wars]]. It served as the [[de facto]] army of the APZB. == Structure == Structure of the People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia:<ref name="hamdo">{{Cite web |date=24 June 2016 |title=Ko su bili komandanti Abdićeve poražene vojske: Otkrivamo – gdje su i šta rade Babini vojnici |url=https://hamdocamo.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/ko-su-bili-komandanti-abdiceve-porazene-vojske-otkrivamo-gdje-su-i-sta-rade-babini-vojnici/ |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=hamdočamo |language=bs-BA}}</ref><ref name="oo">{{Cite web |date=27 March 2017 |title=ОДБРАМБЕНО-ОТАЏБИНСКИ РАТ 1991-1995: Narodna odbrana Zapadne Bosne. |url=http://odbrambeno-otadzbinskirat.blogspot.com/2015/03/narodna-odbrana-zapadne-bosne.html |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=ОДБРАМБЕНО-ОТАЏБИНСКИ РАТ 1991-1995}}</ref> * 1st brigade NOZB * 2nd brigade NOZB * 3rd brigade NOZB * 4th brigade NOZB * 5th brigade NOZB * 6th brigade NOZB === Special Units === * The ''Šejla'' unit * The ''Ajkini'' unit * The ''Metal'' unit * The ''Golubovi'' unit * The ''Jastrebovi'' unit * The ''Zenge'' unit * The ''Husko'' unit === Other Units === * [[File:Military police of Western Bosnia.jpg|30px]] Military police * Border police == Battles == === Siege of Bihać === {{Main|Siege of Bihać}} From 1992 to 1995, the NOZB fought against the [[5th Corps (Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina)|5th Corps]] alongside [[Republika Srpska (1992–1995)|Republika Srpska]] and the [[Republic of Serbian Krajina]]. === Operation Tiger 1994 === {{Main|Operation Tiger (1994)}} On 2 June 1994, the 5th Corps, under the command of [[Atif Dudaković]],<ref name="Loyd2">{{cite book |last=Anthony Loyd |url=https://archive.org/details/mywargonebyimiss00anth |title=My War Gone By, I Miss It So |date=February 1, 2001 |publisher=Penguin (Non-Classics) |isbn=0-14-029854-1 |author-link=Anthony Loyd |url-access=registration}}</ref> overran and seized the territory of Western Bosnia and [[Fikret Abdić]] fled to [[Zagreb]] for safety.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 August 2017 |title=Republika Zapadna Bosna: hronologija jedne izdaje |url=http://historija.info/2019/09/29/republika-zapadna-bosna-hronologija-jedne-izdaje/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827193445/http://historija.info/2019/09/29/republika-zapadna-bosna-hronologija-jedne-izdaje/ |archivedate=27 August 2020 |accessdate=7 May 2016 |publisher=historija.info}}</ref> The battle was a huge success for the [[ARBiH]], which was able to rout Abdić's forces and manage to push the Serb forces from [[Bihać]] and abolish Western Bosnia temporarily. === Operation Spider === {{Main|Operation Spider}} On 4 November 1994, commanded by [[Franko Simatović]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=30 June 2021 |title=Covert Operations: Unravelling Serbian Officials’ Links To Paramilitaries - Analysis |pages=4 |work=[[Eurasiareview]] |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/30062021-covert-operations-unravelling-serbian-officials-links-to-paramilitaries-analysis/?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=E6087088EA264B88858F7809E391EB13}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Stojanovic |first=Milica |date=29 June 2021 |title=Covert Operations: Unravelling Serbian Officials’ Links to Paramilitaries |page=1 |work=[[Balkan Insight]]}}</ref> and [[Jovica Stanišić]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia was re-established after a Serb counterattack against the Bosnian forces. == Legacy == In 2013, the [[Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] issued a decision that equated the rights of former soldiers of the NOZB with those of the members of the ARBiH and the HVO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TZV. NARODNA ODBRANA ZAPADNA BOSNA JE BILA DIO AGRESORSKIH SRPSKO-CRGORSKIH VOJNIH SNAGA — Bosnjaci.Net |url=https://www.bosnjaci.net/prilog.php?pid=50740 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.bosnjaci.net}}</ref> == See also == * [[Territorial Defense (Yugoslavia)]] * [[Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] * [[Slovenian Territorial Defence]] == References == <references /> [[Category:Bosnian War]]'