The Patriotic League (Patriotska Liga) was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first secret political-military defense network, founded March 31, 1991 under Alija Izetbegović and key SDA leaders. Explore how it organized, trained, and armed local staffs from Sarajevo outward—laying the groundwork for the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

War hit Bosnia’s northwest on 22 April 1992. Bosanska Krupa was shelled and split, refugees flooded in, and the Bihać region was encircled—yet Bosniak forces held a fragile front.