Luma Operations (1912)

Luma Operations (1912)
	Part of First Balkan War
	; Serbian infantry in Luma
Date	5 November – 6 December 1912
Location	Lumë, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Albania)
Result	Serbian military victory Suppression of the Albanian tribal uprising; Serbian forces successfully secure the flank for the advance to the Adriatic Sea; Establishment of Serbian military and civil administration; Ethnic cleansing of the region;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Serbia	Luma tribe
Commanders and leaders
Božidar Janković ; (Commander of the 3rd Army)	Local tribal leaders
Units involved
Elements of the Third Army:; Šumadija I Division; ; Drina II Division; ; Opolje Detachment; ; Luma Detachment;	Irregular tribal levies
Strength
20,000+ men	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Severe destruction of villages (see Aftermath)
	Thousands of Albanian civilians killed after the operation

Luma Operations refers to a military campaign conducted by the Serbian Third Army in November and December 1912. The operations were aimed at securing the strategic corridor through the Lumë region towards the Adriatic Sea during the First Balkan War.

The operations were a strategic component of Serbia's effort to secure a military corridor to the Adriatic Sea. Despite facing rugged terrain, extreme winter conditions, and guerrilla resistance from local tribes, Serbian forces successfully conquered the region, established a formal administration, and maintained control until the diplomatic withdrawal in late 1913.

During the operations and the following occupation, the Serbian government conducted systematic massacres, rapes, destruction of villages, and other atrocities against the civilian population that devastated the region. The war crimes were part of a larger campaign to ethnically cleanse the region of Albanians. Atrocities in Luma were likened to colonial era genocidal campaigns.