Kruševo Brdo

Kruševo Brdo is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, municipality Kotor Varoš in geographical region Bosanska Krajina.

[2][3][4] Kruševo Brdo consists of many hamlets that are scattered on the slopes of Krusevo and Milan's hills that are the parts of the Vlasic masiff.

In the medieval ages, Kruševo Brdo belonged to the old state of Bosnia, province of Donji kraji (Lower regions), and after it was occupied by the Ottomans (1519).

The primary intention of the Austro-Hungarian Administration (1878–1914) by the construction of the narrow-tracks railway line was that, with the mediation of the national Government in BiH, it intensifies the exploitation of forest and other natural resources.

The route along the Vrbanja is made via the Kilavac to the Čekrk ("winch handles" ) and then – after transport locomotives, using the spacious spindle (in the gorge between Šepirice) – up to Riječica (1300 m).

Branching with Bobovica was passing through the village of Bobovice, and between Pašinac and Palike to Srebrena brda (Silver Hills; according to Meokrnje mountain), i.e. to the mouth of the stream Krna (921 m).

During 2nd World War, the nearby Šiprage was a powerful stronghold and a sanctuary more partisan units, including 12th Divisian Hospital (in the Gorge of Demićka), serviceing its 5th Corpus.

Even though area of Šiprage was and left out the most important they, the more times it is bombed, with attacks of Germans and Chetniks forces, including the units of Draža Mihailović.