A unit of Czech and Slovak soldiers evacuated French soldiers of the UNPROFOR mission, who were surrounded by the Croatian and Serbian (Republic of Serbian Krajina) units during the Croatian War of Independence.

[6] At the turn of 1992 and 1993, the French Karin military base found itself under mortar fire from the Croatian side of the front.

Among other things, the Czechoslovaks were held back by trees that had fallen on the road.

For the entire event, the French Minister of Defense awarded four Czechoslovak soldiers with the French Cross for Military Valour – Lt. Col. Petr Pavel, Major Karel Klinovský, Major Stanislav Zaplatílek and psychologist Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Jirkovský.

[9] It is considered the biggest success of the Czechoslovak battalion during the UNPROFOR mission.

[10] Petr Pavel became famous thanks to the operation and eventually became Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.