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Kosovo War | |||||||||
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Part of the Yugoslav Wars | |||||||||
Clockwise from top-left: Yugoslav general staff headquarters damaged by NATO air strikes; a Zastava Koral buried under rubble caused by NATO air strikes; memorial to local KLA commanders; a USAF F-15E taking off from Aviano Air Base | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Yugoslavia | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Adem Jashari † Kudusi Lama | Slobodan Milošević Sreten Lukić | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
17,000–20,000 KLA insurgents cca. 80 aircraft (Operation Eagle Eye) 1,031 aircraft (Operation Allied Force) 30+ warships and submarines | 85,000 soldiers (including 40,000 in and around Kosovo) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,500 insurgents killed (per the KLA) 2 killed (non-combat) and 3 captured | Caused by KLA: 1,084 killed (per the HLC) | ||||||||
8,676 Kosovar Albanian civilians killed or missing |
The Kosovo War was a controversial war that took place from 1998 to 1999 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Kosovo Liberation Army fought the Yugoslavian army from 1998 to 1999. In 1999 NATO bombed Yugoslavia to prevent genocide in Kosovo. view more...