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The National Liberation Army (NLA; Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare, abbr. UÇK; Macedonian: Ослободителна народна армија, romanized: Osloboditelna narodna armija, abbr. ONA), also known as the Macedonian UÇK (Albanian: UÇK Maqedonase; Macedonian: Македонски UÇK, romanized: Makedonski UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian militant and separatist militia ...
Albanian guerrillas Kingdom of Italy Republic of Central Albania: Austro-Hungarian victory. Austria-Hungary, with assistance from Albanian guerrillas, defeats Italian forces and takes Tirana and Durrës. The Republic of Central Albania is conquered, and a defensive line is set up in the south of Albania along the Vjosa river.
Albanophobia, Greater Serbia, Islamophobia, Anti-Catholicism. 31 December 1912 New York Times headline. The massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars were perpetrated on several occasions by the Serbian and Montenegrin armies and paramilitaries during the conflicts that occurred in the region between 1912 and 1913.
World War I. Just one month after Protocol of Corfu was signed by the Albanians on June 23, 1914, war broke out in Europe. Officially starting on July 28, 1914, the war threw Albania into disarray. Throughout the war, occupying forces, of both Central and Allied powers, massacred the Albanian population on multiple occasions.
The Kingdom of Serbia occupied most of the Albanian-inhabited lands including Albania's Adriatic coast. Serbian Gen. Božidar Janković was the Commander of the Serbian Third Army during the military campaign in Albania. The Serbian army met with strong Albanian guerrilla resistance, led by Isa Boletini, Azem Galica and other
25+ civilians killed. 20+ civilians kidnapped. The Battle of Tetovo ( Macedonian: Битка за Тетово, romanized : Bitka za Tetovo, Albanian: Beteja e Tetovës ), was the largest engagement during the 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, in which Macedonian security forces battled the National Liberation Army (NLA) for control ...
World War II in Albania; Part of the European theatre and Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Albanian refugees crossing the border to Yugoslavia in April 12, 1939, Ballists and Communists converse during Mukje Agreement 1943, Italian troops in Durrës, Communist Partisans fighting in Tirana 1944, Partisans march through Tirana after occupying it 28 ...
The Kachak Movement was a series of Albanian uprisings in Albanian-populated territories in Kosovo, Macedonia and Sanxhak from 1919 to 1927. The uprisings began after the end of the First World War when Kosovo became part of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (also known as Yugoslavia).