Anti-Fascist Struggle Day

Anti-Fascist Struggle Day is a national holiday and celebration in Croatia. It is celebrated on June 22nd, as it marks the beginning of the uprising of Croatian anti-fascist Partisans against German and Italian occupying forces, that started with the forming of the First Sisak Partisan Detachment on June 22, 1941 in the Brezovica forest near Sisak, Croatia.

Speaking of Sisak, today we mark another important day in the history of Croatia;

 Battle of Sisak

  Painting of the Battle of Sisak by Hans Rudolf Miller

 The Battle of Sisak was fought on 22 June 1593 between Ottoman regional forces of Hasan Pasha Predojević, a notable commander of the Eyalet of Bosnia, and a combined Christian army from the Habsburg lands, mainly Kingdom of Croatia and Inner Austria. The battle took place at Sisak, central Croatia, at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Kupa. Earlier in 1591 and 1592 the Ottomans had two failed attempts of capturing the Sisak fortress, but managed to take the strategically important fortress of Bihać in 1592. The Sisak fortress was again besieged by a large Ottoman force on 15 June 1593. The garrison in Sisak was commanded by Blaž Đurak and Matija Fintić, both from the Archdiocese of Zagreb. An army under the supreme command of the Styrian general Ruprecht von Eggenberg was quickly assembled to break the siege. The Croatian troops were led by the Ban of Croatia, Thomas Erdődy, and major forces from the Duchy of Carniola and the Duchy of Carinthia were led by Andreas von Auersperg, nicknamed the "Carniolan Achilles". They made a surprise attack on the besieging forces on 22 June. The ensuing battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the regional Ottoman forces, triggering the Long War.
Christian Europe was delighted at the grandiose reports of the victory at Sisak.