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The coat of arms of Jablanica pictures the dam and the accumulation lake on the Neretva river with the folklore ornament at chief and in base the broken bridge and all bordered golden yellow. The dam was built in 1955 and was one of the most important post-World War II engineering projects. The bridge pictured was thorn down in 1943 by the Tito's partisans during the, so called, Fourth Offensive performed by the Axis to finish off with the "Tito's state". In the retreat Tito ordered to thorn down all the bridges over the Neretva, and the forces were pulled out over an improvised bridge at Jablanica next to a thorn down rail-road bridge. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle. The flag is not specifically mentioned in the decision introducing the coat of arms, but has been in use ever since.
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