Fights for Kupres in April 1992.

Rad je pokušaj da se u mogućoj mjeri unese svjetlo u jednu od početnih borbi rata za Bosnu i Hercegovinu. Bio je to prvi ozbiljni sukob hrvatske i srpske bosanskohercegovačke vojske. Rad se temelji poglavito na građi Jugoslavenske narodne armije, odnosno Vojske Republike Srpske. Hrvatski izvori nisu pronađeni. Uzrok borbi bio je nemogućnost političkog dogovora o budućnosti Kupresa. Sukob koji je trajao tjedan dana završio se potpunim hrvatskim neuspjehom i protjerivanjem, odnosno bježanjem hrvatskog i muslimanskog civilnog stanovništva s Kupreške visoravni. Razlog hrvatskog neuspjeha uz loše vođenje i zapovijedanje, bila je i tehnička inferiornost prema srpskoj vojsci. Borbe su odlučene uporabom oklopnog bataljona Kninskog korpusa. Srpska strana je u sukobu pokazala sve ono što će kasnije biti značajka njenog borbenog djelovanja, kao što su etničko čišćenje nesrpskog stanovništva, razaranje stambenog fonda, vjerskih objekata i sl. Pokazala je također razloge svog uspjeha, materijalnotehničku premoć nad protivnikom.This paper represents an attempt to shed light on one of the first fights in the war for Bosnia-Herzegovina. It was the first serious strife between Croatian and Serbian army from Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is chiefly based on Yugoslav national army documents, or, the army of Rebublika Srpska. Croatian sources were not found. The fights were caused by lack of political agreement on the future on Kupres. The conflict, which had been going on for a week, ended in absolute failure of Croatians and their banishing, and running away of Croatian and Muslim civil population from Kupres plateau. The reason for this failure of Croatian army, besides bad leadership and commanding, was technical inferiority in comparison to Serbian army. Using the armored battalion of Kninís corps ended the fights. The Serbian part demonstrated in this conflict everything that would later be the characteristic of its battle actions, such as ethnic cleansing of non-Serbian population, destruction of housing and religious facilities etc. It demonstrated also the reasons for their success- superiority in resources and technology over the adversary