The
Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between
Croat forces loyal to the government of
Croatia—which had declared independence from the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the
Serb-controlled
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and
local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat operations in Croatia by 1992. In Croatia, the war is primarily referred to as the Homeland War (
Domovinski rat) and also as the Greater-Serbian aggression (
Velikosrpska agresija). In Serbian sources,
War in Croatia (
Rat u Hrvatskoj) is the most commonly used public term.