Timeline Event 1991
Recruited to lead the ZEBRA platoon (author’s account)
The author states that the Croatian Army and secret service recruited him to organise the anti-terrorist platoon “ZEBRA”, which he commanded.
Original personal testimony
War years (1991–1993)
Timeline Event 25 June 1991
Croatia and Slovenia declare independence
Croatia declares independence on the same day as Slovenia. Heavy fighting follows in the second half of 1991.
Independent historical research
Timeline Event 23 August 1991
First wound: rocket fragment in the ribs (author’s account)
According to his medical-record statement, he was wounded in a five-hour battle and returned to his unit after three hours.
Original personal testimony
Document 23 and 28 August 1991 (events); text undated
Medical record: wounds of 23 and 28 August 1991
The author’s account of two wounds in August 1991, a rocket fragment in the ribs and a grenade fragment in the head, with the…
Original personal testimony
Timeline Event Late August 1991
The JNA lays siege to Vukovar
The Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) begins a three-month siege of Vukovar, during which the city is largely destroyed.
Independent historical research
Timeline Event 28 August 1991
Second wound: grenade fragment in the head (author’s account)
He describes being hit by tank fire, waking up in hospital in Zagreb and leaving after two weeks.
Original personal testimony
Timeline Event 20 September 1991
Mi-8 helicopter downed (author’s claim, unconfirmed)
The author claims his unit shot down a JNA Mi-8 near Sisak carrying senior Yugoslav commanders. No source consulted confirms this.
Original personal testimony
Timeline Event 18 November 1991
Vukovar falls to Serb forces
The siege ends with the city’s fall. Most of the remaining non-Serb population is expelled within days.
Independent historical research
Timeline Event 20 November 1991
Killings at Ovčara
About 400 non-Serbs are removed from Vukovar hospital. 194 identified victims are killed at Ovčara that evening (ICTY, Mrkšić et al.).
Independent historical research
Document Documents c. 1991–1993; statement undated
Military documents and the author’s account of his dismissal from the army
Sixteen document scans published as “top secret classified material”, with the author’s statement that he was dismissed from the Croatian Army on forged signatures…
Contains allegations Under editorial review
Timeline Event Early 1992
UN-monitored ceasefire in Croatia
A UN-monitored ceasefire comes into force; fighting in Croatia largely freezes along front lines.
Independent historical research
Timeline Event 1992
ZEBRA unit in Bosnia (author’s account)
Videos uploaded in 2011 are described by the author as footage of the ZEBRA unit in Bosnia in 1992.
Original personal testimony
Timeline Event May 1993
The UN Security Council establishes the ICTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is established in The Hague.
Independent historical research
Timeline Event 9–17 September 1993
Medak Pocket operation
Croatian forces attack the Medak Pocket south of Gospić. The ICTY later charged that at least 100 Serbs were unlawfully killed.
Independent historical research
Document c. 2008, updated 2011
“My international police record”: the author’s own chronology, 1976–2011
The author’s own year-by-year account of arrests, convictions and war service from 1976 to his stated release on 15 March 2011. Despite its title,…
Original personal testimony Under editorial review
Video Uploaded 30.05.2011
Petrinja Sisak Banija dolazak 1 G B R TIGROVI 1991
Titled by the uploader as the arrival of the 1st Guards Brigade (“Tigrovi”) in the Petrinja–Sisak–Banija area in 1991.
Original personal testimony
Graphic content Video Uploaded 02.09.2011
Croatian morters of ZEBRA unit in Bosnia 1992
Footage the author describes as mortar crews of the ZEBRA unit preparing for a mission in Bosnia in 1992, “under the command from Kapten…
Original personal testimony Under editorial review
Video Uploaded 02.09.2011
Z.E.B.R.A FIGHTING IN BOSNIA 1992
Described by the uploader as the “Croatian special military antiterror unit Z.E.B.R.A fighting in Bosnia 1992”.
Original personal testimony
Photo Collection Published c. 2006–2012
Documents, certificates and identity papers (slideshow scans)
Scans from the crorambo.com slideshow: military orders, certificates of recognition (“Zahvalnica”, “Spomenica Domovinskog rata”), court and prison correspondence, and identity documents. Some photographs are…
Contemporary document Under editorial review
Graphic content Photo Collection Published c. 2006–2012
War photographs, 1991–1992, with the author’s captions
Photographs from the front lines of 1991–1992, most with captions in English added by the author directly onto the image. They were published in…
Original personal testimony Under editorial review