| KLA Summer offensive (1998) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||||
&sq=Serbia&lang=en&file=File:Rahovec_1998.jpg) KLA members in the town of Rahovec, first KLA attack on a city | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
&sq=Serbia&lang=en&file=File:Emblema_e_U%C3%87K-s%C3%AB.svg){kind=small} Kosovo Liberation Army |
 FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ismet Jashari † Agim Çelaj † Ismet Tara Fatmir Limaj Agim Shala † Zafir Berisha |
Goran Radosavljević Sreten Lukić Nebojša Pavković | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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121st Brigade 125th Brigade 111th Brigade 138th Brigade |
Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro Police of Serbia | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Several brigades |
Unknown number of personnel T-55 and M-84 tanks Armored vehicles. | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
17 killed | ||||||||
The KLA's “Summer” offensive (Albanian: Ofensiva verore e UÇK-së, Serbian: Летња офанзива ОВК; romanized: Letnja ofanziva OVK) was a large scale offensive conducted by the KLA during the summer of 1998. It was fought in Kosovo between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) against the Yugoslav Army and MUP.[3]
It began when the KLA switched their tactics from hit and run operations to conventional warfare.[3] KLA forces began attacking towns and expanding their territory.[3][2] KLA forces had captured about 40% of Kosovo, and set up “Operational Zones”.[3][1] Yugoslav soldiers and policemen were attacked, leading to many casualties.[2]
- ^ a b Perritt, Henry H. (2010). Kosovo Liberation Army: The Inside Story of an Insurgency. University of Illinois Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780252092138.
- ^ a b c d Krieger, Heike (2001-07-12). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999. Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6.
- ^ a b c d "Koktsidis & Dam 2008, p. 170" (PDF).
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