KLA Summer offensive (1998)
| KLA Summer offensive (1998) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||||
KLA members in the town of Rahovec, first KLA attack on a city | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Several brigades |
Unknown number of personnel T-55 and M-84 tanks Armored vehicles. | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 17 killed | ||||||||
| Hundreds of Thousands of civilians displaced | |||||||||
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.
It began when the KLA switched their tactics from hit and run operations to conventional warfare. KLA forces began attacking towns and expanding their territory. KLA forces had captured about 40% of Kosovo, and set up “Operational Zones”. Yugoslav soldiers and policemen were attacked, leading to many casualties.