Manjača ( sr-cyrl, Мањача) is a name of a mountain located 22 km south of the city
Banja Luka,
in northern part of
Republika Srpska,
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its highest peak is high peak ''Velika Manjača''.
History
The region was a stronghold during
World War II for
Serbian nationalist Chetnik
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
fighters. After the climax of the war, the
new communist government of
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
dispersed the
local Serb population as retribution and established a large army base and firing range for the new
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
It held a significant military base of the JNA in the second part of 20th century and was one of the military strongholds of the
Army of Republika Srpska during the
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
. The mountain became internationally renowned as it was the site of the
Manjača prison camp run by
Republika Srpska authorities.
References
External links
Mountains of Republika Srpska
Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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