 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kugadzirira kweZNG kwakatanga musi wa 12 April 1991. Kuumbwa kwaro sesimba remapurisa rine simba remauto kwakarangarirwa kunodikanwa nezviremera zveCroatia mushure mekurwisana kwaMarch muPakracuye paPlitvice Lakes uye mukana wokurwisanazve neJNA. Sezvo zvakanga zvisiri pamutemo kugadza uto rakaparadzana muRepublic yeYugoslavia, ZNG yakarongwa sechikamu chemapurisa ari pasi peBazi rezvemukati. Paramende yakachinja Mutemo weZvemukati meNyika musi wa18 Kubvumbi, uye ZNG yakagadzwa zviri pamutemo mazuva mashanu gare gare. Yaive nebasa rekuchengetedza bumbiro remutemo, kuchengetedza hurongwa hweveruzhinji, mabasa ekudzivirira hugandanga, kuchengetedzwa kwemiganhu yeCroatia, ndima, mahombekombe nemvura dzenharaunda, zvivakwa zvakakosha uye vanhu vane mukurumbira. Kunyange zvazvo ZNG yaive pasi pe Ministry of the Interior, mutemo wayo wekutanga wakaratidza kuti yaizotungamirirwa ne Ministry of Defence. 