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Battle of Lođa

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Battle of Lođa
Part of the Kosovo War
DateFirst Battle: 6–17 July 1998
Second Battle: 10–17 August 1998
LocationLogjë, near Pejë, FR Yugoslavia
Result
  • First Battle: KLA and FARK victory
  • Second Battle: Yugoslav victory[1]
  • 284 houses and mosque are destroyed by the Serbian Police
Belligerents
Emblema e UÇK-së KLA
FARK
Albania Civil resistance of Lođa[1]		 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Flag of Montenegro (1946–1993), Flag of Serbia (1947–1992) Civil volunteers
Commanders and leaders
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Pavković
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Srđan Perović†[2]
Casualties and losses
Emblema e UÇK-së 2 killed[3] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3 killed, 8 wounded[4]
2 civilians killed, 25 wounded[5]


The Battle of Lođa (Serbian: Boj na Lođi, Serbian Cyrillic language: Бој на лођи , Albanian: Beteja e Logjës) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Logjë first on 6-12 July 1998[6] and again later on 10-17 August 1998.[7][8] The battle was fought between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK).[9] The first battle was an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.[8] The first battle ended in an KLA victory,[6] while the second operation ended in a Yugoslav victory.[8][5] All of the village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by the Serbian Police with bulldozers.[10]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McAllester, Matthew (November 2003). Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo. NYU Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8147-5661-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=PHQVCgAAQBAJ&dq=loxhe&pg=PA82. 
  2. ↑ https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/hronika/godisnjica-stradanja-kapetana-srdjana-perovica-kojeg-je-ovk-mucila-pet-dana-6-7-2024
  3. ↑ "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle". reliefweb. 12 July 1998. https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/west-corner-kosovo-tense-after-village-battle. 
  4. ↑ "Godišnjica stradanja kapetana Srđana Perovića, kojeg je OVK mučila pet dana" (in sr). 6 July 2024. https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/hronika/godisnjica-stradanja-kapetana-srdjana-perovica-kojeg-je-ovk-mucila-pet-dana-6-7-2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/17/world/refugees-in-kosovo-are-in-peril.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle - Serbia" (in en). 12 July 1998. https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/west-corner-kosovo-tense-after-village-battle. 
  7. ↑ "Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania" (in en). 10 August 1998. https://reliefweb.int/report/albania/serbian-artillery-pounds-ethnic-albanian-villages-kosovo. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ACOS-64D3N9?OpenDocument&Click=. 
  9. ↑ "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders". 7 July 2015. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/pm-mustafa-government-to-urge-for-post-war-murder-cases. 
  10. ↑ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=1n8DrZg2rb8C&pg=PA542. 
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