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The Kosovo war was a very brutal war. Let's start with interesting photos that I found.
A Yugoslav Army convoy on the road to the village of Stari Trg, 9th of January, 1999. Yugoslav Army started an offensive to free 8 of its soldiers captured by the KLA on the 9th of January, 1999
Serbian 3 fingers salute.
Sunday, 17th of March, Stimlje.
Yugoslav Army armored vehicles take position next to the village of Stari Trg, 9th of January, 1999.
Yugoslav Army takes position near the village of Podujevo, 10th of January, 1999.
A Serbian Police convoy moves through Stimlje, 17th of January, 1999, to reach the mountains where the KLA started a firefight as a response to the Serbian Police assault on the village of Racak that same day.
11th of March, 1999. A Yugoslav soldier greets the journalists at the border crossing with Albania.
A Serbian policeman takes cover in a ditch by the road during a firefight with the KLA near Glogovac, Sunday 21st of March, 1999.
A Serbian policeman on patrol near Podujevo, Monday, 22nd March, 1999.
A Serbian policeman runs across a field during a firefight with the KLA near Srbica, Tuesday, 23rd of March, 1999.
A Yugoslav Army armored vehicle on the Pristina-Pec highway, village of Komorane, Saturday, 20th of March 1999.
Serbian Police patrol escorted by a Yugoslav Army tank searching the terrain for possible KLA positions near Glogovac, 21st of March, 1999.
Column of Yugoslav army vehicles. In front are two Russian UAZ-469 jeeps, in middle is M53/59 Praga, and on the end is a Yugoslav TAM-150 truck.
Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (in the middle is Sadik Cuflaj) stand in formation to turn over their weapons to U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the village of Zegra, Kosovo, on June 30, 1999.
Brazda/Stenkovac I Refugee Assistance Centre in Macedonia. Within 24 hours of its opening, NATO soldiers were providing shelter and other services to over 10,000 desperate people. At its height this Centre housed over 50,000 refugees.
Weapons confiscated from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). They were being stored at MEU Service Support Group (MSSG)-26 Compound at Camp Montieth. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN.
The terms Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict refer to two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslavia. From early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" (KLA), who sought the independence of Kosovo from Yugoslavia. The organization was classified by Serbia as a terrorist organization because of the attacks that its members committed against the Serbian police and the Yugoslav Military. From March 24 1999 to June 11 1999, NATO waged an air campaign against Yugoslavia, while the KLA continued to battle the Yugoslav Security Forces, whose use of force and violence caused the departure of about 700,000 Albanians from their homes in Kosovo.
The KLA, formed in 1991, began attacking police stations and Yugoslav government offices in February 1996, which resulted in an increase in the number of Yugoslav security forces in the region. This led to an escalation into a conflict, although it was initially viewed as an insurgency. The KLA was regarded by the US as a terrorist group until 1998 when it was de-listed for classified reasons. The UK and the US then lobbied France to do the same. The US and NATO then cultivated diplomatic relationships with the KLA's leaders.
In 1999, the KLA was officially disbanded and their members joined the UCPMB in the Preševo Valley, and the National Liberation Army (NLA) and Albanian National Army (ANA) in the armed ethnic conflict in Macedonia. UNMIK instituted NGOs within Kosovo such as the Kosovo Protection Corps (in accordance with UNSC resolution 1244 which required the establishment of a civilian emergency protection body to replace the former KLA) and the Kosovo Police (which consisted mainly of KLA veterans).
NATO countries promoted the war in Kosovo as the first humanitarian war based on short-term military reports and casualty reports that were later criticized as highly inaccurate.
The Kosovo Conflict was the center of news headlines for months, and gained a massive amount of coverage and attention from the international community and media. The NATO bombing and surrounding events have remained controversial.
The KLA, formed in 1991, began attacking police stations and Yugoslav government offices in February 1996, which resulted in an increase in the number of Yugoslav security forces in the region. This led to an escalation into a conflict, although it was initially viewed as an insurgency. The KLA was regarded by the US as a terrorist group until 1998 when it was de-listed for classified reasons. The UK and the US then lobbied France to do the same. The US and NATO then cultivated diplomatic relationships with the KLA's leaders.
In 1999, the KLA was officially disbanded and their members joined the UCPMB in the Preševo Valley, and the National Liberation Army (NLA) and Albanian National Army (ANA) in the armed ethnic conflict in Macedonia. UNMIK instituted NGOs within Kosovo such as the Kosovo Protection Corps (in accordance with UNSC resolution 1244 which required the establishment of a civilian emergency protection body to replace the former KLA) and the Kosovo Police (which consisted mainly of KLA veterans).
NATO countries promoted the war in Kosovo as the first humanitarian war based on short-term military reports and casualty reports that were later criticized as highly inaccurate.
The Kosovo Conflict was the center of news headlines for months, and gained a massive amount of coverage and attention from the international community and media. The NATO bombing and surrounding events have remained controversial.
Serbian 3 fingers salute.
Sunday, 17th of March, Stimlje.
Yugoslav Army armored vehicles take position next to the village of Stari Trg, 9th of January, 1999.
Yugoslav Army takes position near the village of Podujevo, 10th of January, 1999.
A Serbian Police convoy moves through Stimlje, 17th of January, 1999, to reach the mountains where the KLA started a firefight as a response to the Serbian Police assault on the village of Racak that same day.
11th of March, 1999. A Yugoslav soldier greets the journalists at the border crossing with Albania.
A Serbian policeman takes cover in a ditch by the road during a firefight with the KLA near Glogovac, Sunday 21st of March, 1999.
A Serbian policeman on patrol near Podujevo, Monday, 22nd March, 1999.
A Serbian policeman runs across a field during a firefight with the KLA near Srbica, Tuesday, 23rd of March, 1999.
A Yugoslav Army armored vehicle on the Pristina-Pec highway, village of Komorane, Saturday, 20th of March 1999.
Serbian Police patrol escorted by a Yugoslav Army tank searching the terrain for possible KLA positions near Glogovac, 21st of March, 1999.
Column of Yugoslav army vehicles. In front are two Russian UAZ-469 jeeps, in middle is M53/59 Praga, and on the end is a Yugoslav TAM-150 truck.
Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (in the middle is Sadik Cuflaj) stand in formation to turn over their weapons to U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the village of Zegra, Kosovo, on June 30, 1999.
Brazda/Stenkovac I Refugee Assistance Centre in Macedonia. Within 24 hours of its opening, NATO soldiers were providing shelter and other services to over 10,000 desperate people. At its height this Centre housed over 50,000 refugees.
Weapons confiscated from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). They were being stored at MEU Service Support Group (MSSG)-26 Compound at Camp Montieth. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN.
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