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If Aunt Kathryn had listened to Mr. Barrymore and me we would have gone from Zara inland to a place called Knin, to visit the cataract of Krka, described as a combination of Niagara and the Rhine Falls.
My Friend the Chauffeur Frederic [Illustrator] Lowenheim 1901
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Operation Storm, which climaxed with the reconquest of Knin and the Serbian exodus, was prosecuted at lightning speed, highly successfully with strong US backing.
Croatia awaits verdict in Ante Gotovina war crimes trial 2011
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A former French legionnaire who returned to Croatia when the war erupted in 1991, Gotovina commanded the central operations that won the war for Croatia in August 1995, retaking the strategic town of Knin in the Dalmatian hinterland that was – the seat of a four-year-old Serbian insurgency that left Croatia crippled and partitioned.
Croatia awaits verdict in Ante Gotovina war crimes trial 2011
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When Yugoslavia began unraveling in war, Mladic was in Croatia leading Yugoslav troops in the Serb controlled enclave of Knin.
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When Yugoslavia began unraveling in war, Mladic was in Croatia leading Yugoslav troops in the Serb controlled enclave of Knin.
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As Yugoslavia began to disintegrate in 1991, Mladic was posted to the town of Knin, the site of a Croatian-Serb rebellion against Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia.
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Gotovina, along with Ivan Cermak, the Knin garrison commander, and Mladen Markac, a commander of police paramilitaries, faced nine counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for overseeing the alleged deportation of tens of thousands of Serbs through murder, the torching of homes, and the shelling of civilians.
Croatia awaits verdict in Ante Gotovina war crimes trial 2011
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As Yugoslavia began to disintegrate in 1991, Mladic was posted to the town of Knin, the site of a Croatian-Serb rebellion against Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia.
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Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had promised they would be part of an Eastern Orthodox realm stretching from Knin, headquarters of the Krajina Serbs, to Vladivostok.
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To the south, the main attack targeted Knin, a medieval city where Croatian kings once were crowned -- be-fore it became a hub of Serbian nationalism.
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