Second Battle of Preševo

The Second Battle of Preševo was an armed clash between the Yugoslav partisan and the Ballist forces. The battle lasted for several days until the Ballist forces were finally defeated and forced to withdraw, and the Preševo valley soon returned into Partisan hands.

Second Battle of Preševo
Part of The Insurgency in Karadak–Gollak (1941–1951) and World War II in Yugoslavia
Date9 – 15 November 1944
Location
Preševo valley, at the time Bulgaria, modern-day Serbia
Result Yugoslav partisan victory
Territorial
changes
Partisans capture Preševo and Gjilan
Belligerents
Balli Kombëtar Yugoslav Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Xheladin Kurbalia
Qazim Zekbasha
Jetë Rainca
Sulë Hotla
Abdullah Krašnica
Units involved
Karadak battalion 2nd Kosovska Brigade
3rd Kosovska Brigade
Strength
700–1,000 men Unknown
Casualties and losses
500–600 Civilians killed Unknown