Draft:Conflict in the Neutral Zone of Junik
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The Conflict in the Neutral Zone of Junik was an conflict between the Kachaks and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes ,where Yugoslavia tried regaining lost territories from the Dukagjini Uprising of 1921[1]
Background
[edit]| Conflict in the Neutral Zone of Junik (1921) | |||||||
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| Part of Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Kachaks |
 Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Azem GalicaShote GalicaMehmet Konjuhi |
Kosta Pećanac[2] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Kachak Albanian Rebels |
 Royal Yugoslav Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Conflict in the Neutral Zone of Junik refers to a military engagement that occurred in 1921 between the Kachaks, a group of Kosovo Albanians, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (known as Yugoslavia after 1929). This conflict emerged in the aftermath of the Dukagjini Uprising of 1921 where Kachaks under Azem Galica invaded Drenica and Dukagjini. The Neutral Zone of Junik was established by League of Nations to quell the Situation between Yugoslavia and Albania as an aftermath of their Conflict.[3] The Kachaks used this to their advantage and used the Zone as an Base.[4][5]
Course of the conflict
[edit]Yugoslav invasion
[edit]The Yugoslav military initially met with little resistance as they advanced into the Neutral Zone, intending to quell the Kachak insurgency
Kachak counteroffensive
[edit]Under the leadership of Azem Galica, Kachak rebels regrouped and mobilized their forces. They utilized guerrilla tactics, leveraging their familiarity with the local landscape to launch surprise attacks against the invading troops.
End of the conflict
[edit]The conflict ended with a significant victory for the Kachaks, who successfully pushed back the Yugoslav forces, maintaining control of the Neutral Zone and solidifying their resistance against Serbian authority.
Aftermath
[edit]Later the Neutral Zone of Junik was successfully invaded in 1923 by Yugoslavia and Albania.[6]
References
[edit]Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century[7]
AZEM GALICA | Film Shqip | Halil Budakova [8]
- ^ List of wars involving Kosovo
- ^ Halil Budakova Official (2015-08-22). AZEM GALICA | Film Shqip | Halil Budakova. Retrieved 2024-09-24 – via YouTube.
- ^ Neutral Zone of Junik
- ^ Bedri Tahiri (2008-08-02), Hasan Prishtina, truri i levizjes kombetare shqiptare (1908–1933) (in Albanian), Prishtina: Pashtriku.de, retrieved 2014-02-18,
Si shumica e çetave kaçake, edhe Çeta e Azemit kaloi atje. Me veti i kishte edhe dy gratë: Shotën e Zojën dhe u vendos në shtëpinë e Tafë Hoxhës. Nuk kaloi shumë kohë e në Zonën Neutrale të Junikut erdhi edhe Hasan Prishtina që u vendos te Salih Bajrami-Berisha.
- ^ Kofman, Jan; Roszkowski, Wojciech (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 272. ISBN 9781317475941.
- ^ Neutral Zone of Junik
- ^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan; Kofman, Jan (2016-07-08). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. doi:10.4324/9781315706139. ISBN 978-1-317-47594-1.
- ^ Halil Budakova Official (2015-08-22). AZEM GALICA | Film Shqip | Halil Budakova. Retrieved 2024-09-27 – via YouTube.