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The Kosovo War (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës; Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [ 59 ][ 60 ][ 61 ] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the ...
During the New Year's Eve between 1943 and 1944, Albanian and Yugoslav partisans gathered at the town of Bujan, near Kukës in northern Albania, where they held a conference in which they discussed the fate of Kosovo after the war. Both Albanian and Yugoslav communists signed the agreement, according to which Kosovo would have the right to ...
During the Kosovo war (March–June 1999), Serb forces, apparently, expelled between 800,000 – 1,000,000 Albanians from Kosovo employing tactics such as confiscating personal documents to make it difficult or prevent any future return. [121] Kosovo Albanians later returned following NATO intervention and the end of the war.
According to the 1991 Yugoslav census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population. By the estimation in the year 2000, there were between 1,584,000 and 1,733,600 Albanians in Kosovo or 88% of population; as of 2011, [11] their population share is 92.93%.
During the New Year's Eve between 1943 and 1944, Albanian and Yugoslav partisans gathered at the town of Bujan, near Kukës in northern Albania, where they held a conference in which they discussed the fate of Kosovo after the war. Both Albanian and Yugoslav communists signed the agreement, according to which Kosovo would have the right to ...
Widespread rape and sexual violence occurred during the conflict and the majority of victims were Kosovo Albanian women. [33] [34] In 2000, Human Rights Watch documented 96 cases while adding that "it is likely that the number is much higher". [35] [17] Years after the war, the figure put forward for the number of rape victims was 10,000–20,000.
The Kosovo Operation (15 October–22 November 1944) was a series of military operations leading up to one final push during World War II, launched by the Bulgarian army (commanded by Major General Kiril Stanchev) [1] with the assistance of Albanian and Yugoslav Partisans to expel German forces from Kosovo and prevent the retreat of German forces from Greece.
KLA suffers heavy losses, but wins the battle. [61] 19-20 May: 14 Yugoslav special forces killed in an ambush by KLA near Junik. 26 May: 2 Yugoslav policemen killed in an ambush by KLA in Tusus. 26-29 May: Tusus massacre. Serbian police kills 27 Albanian civilians. [62] 26 May-3 June: Battle of Pashtrik.