Operation Spider

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Operation Spider
Part of Bosnian War
Western Bosnia is the light green canton in the middle
Date 4 — 20 November 1994 Location Velika Kladuša, Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia 45°11′N 15°48′E / 45.183°N 15.800°E / 45.183; 15.800Coordinates: 45°11′N 15°48′E / 45.183°N 15.800°E / 45.183; 15.800 Result Serb victory; Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia re-established.
Belligerents
Republika Srpska  Republic of Serbian Krajina  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	ARBIH
Commanders and leaders
Franko Simatović "Frenki"[1]	Atif Dudaković

Operation Spider (Serbo-Croatian: Operacija Pauk, Операција Паук) was a combined effort by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska and the Republic of Serb Krajina to recover the territory of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, which was a key ally of the Serbs. The Bosnian central government had previously overrun and seized the territory. The operation ended in a Serb victory and the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia remained in existence until the fall of its key ally the Republic of Serbian Krajina and the subsequent end of the war.

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