Treskavica Front

Treskavica Front, an important factor for the Siege of Sarajevo was a fightzone since start of the war. In 1995 Mid-July the VRS started bigger offensives on the Mountain causing heavy fighting. The ARBiH had a lot of succes as they pushed back the Serbian troops various times but it always ended in an Counter-Offensive by the VRS, as war was close to its end,the VRS beat the last attack conducted by the ARBiH and killed their Commander Zaim Imamović, the result was clear as the ARBiH didn't achieve their goals and just had minimal succes,the VRS successfully protected the Mountain and conducted more part-successful offensives.

Treskavica Front
Part of the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War
Date 6 April 1992 – 13 October 1995 Location Treskavica, Trnovo, Kalovnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina Result VRS Tactical Victory The ARBiH have some territorial gains at Treskavica but later on its re-taken by the Serbian Troops Dayton Agreement
Belligerents
Republika Srpska	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Radovan Karadžić Stanislav Galić Dragomir Milošević	Zaim Imamović  †
Units involved
Army of Republika Srpska "Herzegovina-Romanija Corps" Special Unit "Beli Vukovi"	ARBiH 1st Corps 2nd Corps 3rd Corps 4th Corps
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

Timeline

On 4 July 1995 the Muslim forces start various attacks on VRS troops which the VRS successfully fights off and forces the ARBiH to retreat back to the starting frontlines

4th Corpus of the ARBiH on 24 July achieve a successful and a big attack on southern part of the front,close to the villages of Brda and Hotovle,they capture a few villages and advance 2–3 km in the way of Kalinovik. But an counter-offensive by the Hercegovian Special Police stop the advance. From 1–3 August ARBiH is again forced to retreat back to the starting frontlines.

Fighting resumed during August and October but on 3rd October Muslim troops started an unsuccessful offensive on Northern Herzegovina,mostly on the area of Trnovo and Kalovnik.

1st and 4th Corpus of the ARBiH attack area of Krupac,northern of Trnovo, then again start attacks on the towns of Trnovo and Kalovnik. East of Kalovnik the ARBiH attacked an protected village of Glavatičevo and Mountain Penj.

Both sides aren't wasting any time during the fighting,as the land captured will be a big achievement and help one side or another to keep the area after the War.

The Muslims successfully captured important points on Treskavica, but around 4 October after an VRS Offensive the area is re-captured and the Muslims retreat.

On 10 October the ARBiH command confirmed that the Treskavica Front was a Victory for the Muslim Forces after capturing few villages, however the planned celebration did not happen as a day later on 11 October a part of the Sarajevo-Romanijan Corps of the VRS start an Counter-Offensive and call for a special unit ''Beli Vukovi'' which on the same day re-take the territory occupied by the ARBiH.

In the last days of the fighting on Treskavica,11-12 October, the ARBiH start their last attacks, after heavy artillery and grenades first attack is on Đokin Toranj, the highest point of Treskavica (2.086), but by a good defense the outnumbered VRS soldiers the Point was kept at the end of the Fighting Captain of the ARBiH division Zaim Imamović was killed by a sharpnel just day before the ceasfire and end of the war.

Aftermath

The Serbs suffered territorial losses at Treskavica, but they were insignificant compared to the results expected by the ARBiH. The main attacks in July and October 1995 were on Trnovo and Kalinovik, an attempt to conquer them and eventually merge the Goražde enclave with central Bosnia, which did not happen. The results of this battle can without a doubt be considered a victory for the Army of Republika Srpska.