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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. [56] [57] [58] 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 ...
Yugoslav victory. 28 February: Serbian police killed 14 Albanians of the Ahmeti family. 5 March: 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an ambush by KLA in Prekaz. 5–7 March: Attack on Prekaz. Yugoslav victory. 28 militants and 30 civilians killed by VJ. 7-10 March: Battle of Llapushnik KLA victory.
Yugoslav forces quell rebellion in the Drenica / Metohija area. Kachak defeat causes the Second Uprising in Metohija. Second Uprising in Dukagjini. (1920) Kachaks. Kosovo Albanians. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Victory. Albanians under Azem Galica defeat Yugoslav Forces and capture Drenica and most of Metohija.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ⓘ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. [2] [3] He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in ...
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. Kosovo lies landlocked in the centre of the Balkans, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west.
Radovan Karadžić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdoʋaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). [2] He was the president of Republika Srpska ...
An estimated 200,000 Serbs and Roma fled Kosovo after the war. Romani people were also driven out after being harassed by Albanian gangs and vengeful individuals. The Yugoslav Red Cross registered 247,391 mostly Serb refugees by November 1999. During the Kosovo War, over 90,000 Serbian and other non-Albanian refugees fled the war-torn province ...
The history of Kosovo dates back to pre-historic times when the Starčevo culture, Vinča culture, Bubanj-Hum culture, and Baden culture were active in the region. Since then, many archaeological sites have been discovered due to the abundance of natural resources which gave way to the development of life. In antiquity the area was part of the ...