Ante Gotovina is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges in connection with that operation and its aftermath. After spending four years in hiding, he was captured in the Canary Islands in December 2005.
Gotovina in 2015, at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.
"Croatian pride", Makarska centre, September 2011
A billboard showing a picture of Ante Gotovina on a road near Dubrovnik.
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was an armed conflict fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat operations in Croatia by 1992.
Image: Dubrovnik Wartime Stradun (cropped)
Image: Vukovar water tank
Image: Serb T 55 Battle of the Barracks
Image: Memorijalno groblje Vukovar
