 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Gumiguru 1991, Dubrovnik yakarwiswa neJNA zvichikonzera kukombwakwakatora mwedzi minomwe. Kurwiswa kukuru kwezvombo zvehondo kwakaitika musi wa6 December nevanhu 19 vakafa uye 60 vakakuvadzwa. Nhamba yevakafa muhondo, maererano neCroatian Red Cross, yaive 114 vanhu vakaurayiwa, pakati pavo mudetembi Milan Milišić. Mapepanhau okune dzimwe nyika akashoropodzwa nokuda kwokuisa ngwariro huru zvikuru pakukuvadzwa kwakaitirwa Guta Rekare kupfuura kukuvadzwa kwavanhu. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurwisa kwezvombo zvehondo paDubrovnik kwakakuvadza 56 yezvivako zvayo kusvika pamwero wakati, sezvo guta rine nhoroondo rine masvingo, UNESCO World Heritage Site, rakapfuurira 650 kurwisa nemapurisa. Mauto eCroatia akasimudza kukomba muna May 1992, uye akasunungura nzvimbo dzakapoteredza Dubrovnik pakupera kwaOctober, asi ngozi yekurwiswa kamwe kamwe neJNA yakagara kwemamwe makore matatu. 