{"id":6573,"date":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/liberation-epopee-of-kosova\/---52c93a85-f1cf-4575-b4bc-859d8ad12682"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","slug":"liberation-epopee-of-kosova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2026\/03\/05\/liberation-epopee-of-kosova\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberation Epopee of Kosova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180243646 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW180243646 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>5<\/strong>, <strong>6 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">and <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">7 March 1998<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180243646 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW180243646 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">One of the most import<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> battles of the Kosova Liberation Army took place against the former Yugoslavia&#8217;s military aggression. Multiple Serbian forces attacked the family of the legendary commander Adem Jashari, and, after a strong resistance in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Prekaz<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">, 55 people were killed, among which more than 20 of them were children and women. The sacrifice of the Jashari family, led by the legendary commander Adem Jashari, in Kosova is considered a major turning <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">point ,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> resolving the Kosova issue. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Adem Jashari became a symbol and inspiration for the war of the Kosova Liberation Army, an army that continued on the path until the liberation of Kosova on June 12, 1999.<\/span> <\/span><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">(In the photo: Illustrative photo on the Liberation Epopee of Kosova.)<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"EOP SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180243646 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW180243646 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>Text<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> National History Museum<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW180243646 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW180243646 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>Graphic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">AHCF<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW180243646 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important battles of the Kosova Liberation Army took place against the former Yugoslavia&#8217;s military aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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