Kosovo Operation (1944)

Kosovo Operation Part of World War II in Yugoslavia Date October 15 – November 20, 1944 Location Kosovo, Albanian Kingdom Result Allied victory Belligerents Bulgaria Yugoslav Communists Albanian Communists Germany Albanian Kingdom (1943–44) Balli Kombëtar Commanders and leaders Kiril Stanchev Strength 78,000 men 85 tanks 895 guns and mortars[1]

The Kosovo Operation (October 15–November 20, 1944) was a series of military operations leading up to one final push during World War II, launched by the Bulgarian army (commanded by Major General Kiril Stanchev)^[2] with the assistance of Yugoslav and Albanian Partisans to expel German forces from Kosovo and prevent the retreat of German forces from Greece. The operation resulted in the capture of Kosovo by the Communists.

Citations

1. History of the Bulgarians: Military history of the Bulgarians from antiquity until the present; Georgi Bakalov; 2007; pp. 564–566 (Bulgarian)
2. Bulgaria in the Second World War: 1939–1945; Marin Kalonkin; 2010; p.274 (Bulgarian)