KLA Summer offensive (1998)
| KLA Summer offensive (1998) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||||
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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 |
Goran Radosavljević Sreten Lukić Nebojša Pavković | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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121st Brigade 125th Brigade 111th Brigade 138th Brigade |
Yugoslav Army Serbian police | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Several brigades |
Unknown number of personnel T-55 and M-84 tanks Armored vehicles. | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 30+ casualties | 80 policemen killed | ||||||||
| Hundreds of Thousands of civilians displaced | |||||||||
The Summer offensive (Albanian: Ofensiva verore e UÇK-së, Serbian: Летња офанзива ОВК; romanized: Letnja ofanziva OVK) was a large scale offensive by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) against the Yugoslav Army and the Serbian police that took place in Kosovo in 1998.
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”. Although this has been disputed since the KLA denied access to observes in many areas. Yugoslav soldiers and policemen were attacked, leading to many casualties.