Kolateralne žrtve i uspješnost provedbe operacija

This text is about the question of collateral victims and their influence on final results of military operations. Development of awareness about the influence that collateral victims have on conducting military operations will be explained through several historical examples. In this text it is shown why were the attitudes about collateral victims changing after The Second World War and which factors had caused those changes. It is also explained in which way collateral victims affect the survival of terrorist organizations and the motivation for joining this type of organisations in modern era. Besides military actions that are taken while fighting against this organisations, which create collateral damage very often, other factors that have to be dealt with in order to stop this type of organisations will be presented.