Battle of Lođa
| Battle of Lođa | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 KLA FARK |  FR Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Tahir Zemaj Sali Çekaj | Nebojša Pavković Dragan Jokić † Aleksandar Kostić † | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed[1] | 12 killed[2] (KLA claim) | ||||||
| 2 civilians killed, 25 wounded[3] | |||||||
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Kosovo War
Prelude
- Likošane and Ćirez
- Prekaz
Wartime events
- UNSCR 1160
- Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
- Lapušnik prison camp
- Belaćevac Mine
- Ljubenić mass graves
- Lođa
- 1st Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Klečka killings
- Orahovac
- Junik
- Lake Radonjić massacre
- Glodjane
- UNSCR 1199
- Gornje Obrinje massacre
- UNSCR 1203
- UNSCR 1207
- 2nd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- 3rd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Panda Bar massacre
- Podujevo
- Ambush near Suva Reka
- Račak massacre
- Allied Force
- F-117A shoot-down
- Novi Sad blitz
- Bela Crkva massacre
- Krusha massacres
- Suva Reka massacre
- Izbica massacre
- Drenica massacres
- 4th Albanian-Yugoslav border
- Battle of Košare
- Battle of Paštrik
- Grdelica
- Gjakova
- Meja ambush
- RTS headquarters
- Meja
- Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
- Lužane bus bombing
- Varvarin bridge bombing
- Vushtrri massacre
- Niš cluster bombing
- Chinese embassy
- Koriša bombing
- Ćuška massacre
Aftermath
Aspects
- War crimes
- Mass graves: Batajnica mass graves, Rudnica mass grave, Ugljare mass grave, Mališevo mass grave
- Destruction of heritage (Albanian · Serbian)
The Battle of Lođa (Serbian: Boj na Lođi, Serbian Cyrillic: Бој на лођи, Albanian: Beteja e Loxhës) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Lođa first on 6-12 July 1998[4] and again later on 10-17 August 1998.[5][6] between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK).[7] The first battle was an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.[6] The first battle ended in an KLA victory,[4] while the second operation ended in a Yugoslav victory.[6][3] All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.[8]
References
- ^ "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle". reliefweb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Beteja e Loxhës – Defensiva e parë e ushtrisë serbe". mekulipress. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ a b "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle - Serbia". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ a b c "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ^ "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders". Balkan Insight. 7 July 2015.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.
