23 years since the first formation of the Fifth Corps of the ARBiH

The foundations of the Fifth Corps were laid on 13 October 1992 at a session of the War Presidency of the Assembly of the Bihać District, convened by the then president Dr. Irfan Ljubijankić. That night, a decision was made to transform the Una-Sana Operational Group and other units into the Fifth Corps of the ARBiH, writes the Bosnian news agency Patria.

The first formation of the command took place on 21 October 1992 under the command of General Atif Dudaković. History has recorded that the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina had 211,036 soldiers in its ranks in 1993, and the Fifth Corps had 15,844 soldiers. Over three thousand of the bravest gave their lives to liberate more than one-third of the occupied territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to the extremely difficult conditions under which it was created and operated, as well as the results achieved, the Fifth Corps is considered one of the best and most famous corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dudaković pointed out that without the fighters of the Fifth Corps of the ARBiH, there would be no Federation, and it is questionable what Bosnia and Herzegovina would be like, Patria reports.

The Government of the Una-Sana Canton, on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the formation of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, extended sincere congratulations to the members of the wartime composition, the families of fallen members, and war military invalids of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

- Remembering the heroic struggle in the turbulent times of the defensive-liberation war is our permanent obligation and we must not deviate from it. With a special sense of pride, we remember all those who laid down their lives on the path of struggle for freedom and justice. Happy Day of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the statement said.