Draft:Battle of Jezerce
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42°46′N 20°49′E / 42.767°N 20.817°E
| Battle of Jezerc | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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 Kosovo Liberation Army | Russian volunteers | ||||||
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400 soldiers |
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2 wounded |
many more injured uknown amount of russian volunteers injured | ||||||
The Battle of Jezerce (albanian: beteja e jezercit , serbian: bitka kod jezerca) was a battle faught between the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Yugoslav army faught in the Operational Zone of Neredime near Kaçanik in the village of Jezerce. The battle is one of the most legendary victories of the Kosovo War where the KLA were able to resist an attacking army much greater than theirs.
Background
[edit]The Nerodime Operational Zone consisted of 3 brigades and operated in the areas around Ferizaj , similar to the other Operational Zones it was also full of brave warriors.[2]
On 16 June 1998 the KLA would make their first public entrance in the region in the village of Jezerc which would be the first village under the control of the KLA in Nerodime. On the same date the first battle of the Operational Zona of Nerodime would happen between the meeting of 2 rivers where the vice-commander of the Operational Zone , Imri Ilazi - "Ferri" was wounded . 2 days later the KLA set up 6 war positions in Jezerce , this also marks the start of the Frontal war in Ferizaj. On 5 August 1998 many KLA soldiers led under commander Agim Bajrami would march to Jezerc and reinforce the village.
Battle
[edit]From 25–28 September 1998, during the Kosovo War, Yugoslav forces launched an assault against Kosovo Liberation Army forces near Nerodimë e Poshtme. Three Serbian units (located in Shushicë, Burrnik, and Semajë) surrounded Jezerc, starting their assault with heavy shelling from their bases as well as such other locations as a nearby river confluence, Mt. Buq, the pine forests of Štimlje and Dulje, a radio antenna overlooking the town, the Pleshinë Water Tower, and the Ferizaj barracks. The KLA's southern élan, the Nerodime Operational Zone, coordinated their response with the Kaçanik unit. Well-armed infantry and support engineers followed the artillery fire, streaming in from Nerodime and attacking from KLA positions 1 in Dramjak, 2 in Mollopolcë, and 3 in Budakova. Position 6 took heavy artillery fire, and ultimately attrition took its toll until the Nerodime brass for Ferizaj and Kaçanik beat a tactical retreat to the forest guard barracks below the village and onward to the Sharanik meadow. On 28 September, the bloody climax ensued, pitting 400 lightly armed fighters in the KLA Zone unit against thousands of Yugoslavian military and paramilitary forces, killing three captains in the Serbian secret police and dozens of others while wounding many more.[3] Allegedly serbian forces were more than 10,000 , and the serbian forces used helicopters and tanks. The KLA stayed 3 days on the frontal line of Jezerce. According to serbian press some of the police officers killed included Nebojša Jeftić (30) , Saša Simeunović (32) and Želko Jovićić[4] and other dozens were killed by the KLA defensive positions 1,2,3 and 6. Russian volunteers were also reported to have been wounded in this battle. Upon the Yugoslav forces retreating away from the village of Jezerc and its outskirts and being defeated , the KLA would start to move its soldiers in Jezerc elsewhere as a part of its war plans.[1]
In Culutre
[edit]The date of the battle marks the celeberation of the "Epopeja e Jezercit" which is celebrated in the Ferizaj municipality where the 9 KLA warriors are honored[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gashi, Arbana (28 September 2023). "Hajrush Kurtaj: 25 vjet nga Beteja e Jezercit, 16 korrik – 28 shtator 1998".
- ^ Qeriqi, Ahmet (17 February 2024). "Ahmet Qeriqi: Kosova, një histori e shkurtër deri në pavarësi III".
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191029035148/http://www.ademjashari.com/index.aspx?SID=37&LID=2&ACatID=11&AID=179&Ctype=1
- ^ "Zloqin Allbanski Terorista 1995-1998 Jedinstvo"-January 1999 , Pristina
- ^ Lire, Radio Kosova e (28 September 2018). "Ferizaj shënoi 28 shtatorin – Ditën e Dëshmorëve si dhe 20 vjetorin e "Epopesë se Jezercit"".