1st Krajina Corps


1st Krajina Corps was one of the seven corps of the Army of Republika Srpska. Before implementation into the Army of Republika Srpska the corps was known as 5th Corps of Yugoslav People's Army or Banja Luka Corps. Because of this fact it was successor of the infrastructure, organization and most of the equipment. Main task of the corps was to defend western parts of Republika Srpska, today these area is mostly part of Banja Luka region. It was most numbered corps of VRS with between 51.000 and 60.000 soldiers. During the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.997 died, 27.176 wounded and 1.031 soldiers are missing.

Organization

Headquarters of the 1st Krajina Corps was in Banja Luka. After the establishing of the corps, corps remained in previous 5th Corps organization which was actual during 1992. Responsibility zone of the 1st Krajina Corps was determined by rivers Sava, Una, Ukrina, Ugar and mountains Majdanska and Vlašić.

War-time organization