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{{Infobox Military Unit
| unit_name = ''Dušan the Mighty''
| native_name = '''Dušan Silni'''
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| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg}} [[Republic of Serbian Krajina]]
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| type = [[Light Infantry]]<br />[[Paramilitary]]
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* [[Croatian War of Independence]]
**[[Battle of Borovo Selo]]
**[[1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia|1991 Yugoslav People’s Army campaign in Croatia]]
*[[Bosnian War]]
**[[Zvornik massacre|Battle of Zvornik]]
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'''''Dušan the Mighty''''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|Душан Силни|Dušan Silni}}) was a [[Serbian paramilitary]] unit formed in 1991.
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===Formation===
The '''Dušan the Mighty''' paramilitary unit was deployed into [[Western Slavonia]], in 1991 during the start of the [[Croatian War of Independence]], prior to this, the paramilitary was created by members of the [[Serbian National Renewal]] around Early 1991.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Robert |title=Serbia under Milosevic: Politics in the 1990s |date=1999 |publisher=London : Hurst & Co |isbn=1-85065-367-4}}</ref> The unit was under control and support of the [[State Security Directorate (Serbia)|Yugoslav Security Directorate]], the unit along with the [[White Eagles (paramilitary)|White Eagles]] had lost its support from the [[State Security Directorate (Serbia)|Yugoslav Security Directorate]], due to the resistance of complying with the [[Vance plan]] and supporting [[Croatian-Serb]] Leader [[Milan Babić]].<ref name=":2" />
====[[Battle of Borovo Selo]]====
'''Dušan the Mighty (paramilitary)''' joined the [[White Eagles (paramilitary)|White Eagles]] at [[Borovo Selo]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robert |first=Thomas |title=Serbia Under Milošević: Politics in the 1990s |isbn=9781850653417 |pages=96}}</ref> when Croatian policemen who went in [[Borovo Selo]] unauthorized.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silber |first=Laura |title=The Death of Yugoslavia |publisher=[[Penguin books]] |isbn=9781575000053 |pages=141}}</ref> They were then ambushed by [[SAO Krajina]] forces. About 13 were killed in total,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Central Intelligence Agency |title=Balkan Battlegrounds: A military history of the Yugoslav Conflict |isbn=9780160664724 |pages=90}}</ref> the [[Yugoslav People’s Army]] (JNA) then stopped the fighting.
====[[Lovas killings]]====
On October 18th 1991, Serbian forces supported by the ''Dušan the Mighty'' militia captured about 50 Croatian citizens from the town of [[Lovas killings|Lovas]], where they were sent to
* Sasa Stojanovic
*Jovan Dimitrijevic
*Zoran Kosijer
They were found guilty for crimes related to the [[Lovas killings]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=TV |first=Insajder |date=2021-01-19 |title=Apelacioni sud preinačio presudu u slučaju Lovas: Dvojica optuženih oslobođena, ostalima ublažene kazne |url=https://insajder.net/arhiva/vesti/apelacioni-sud-preinacio-presudu-u-slucaju-lovas-dvojica-optuzenih-oslobodena-ostalima-ublazene-kazne |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=insajder.net |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stojanovic |first=Milica |title=Serbian Court Cuts Sentences for Wartime Killings of Croats |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2021/01/20/serbian-court-cuts-sentences-for-wartime-killings-of-croats/ |website=Balkaninsight.com}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Battle of Borovo Selo]]
*[[Serbian National Renewal]]
==References==
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{{Yugoslav Wars}}
[[Category:Paramilitary organizations in the Yugoslav Wars]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Croatian War of Independence]]
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