16,000 Albanians defended Albanian territories from 76,000 Serbian invading troops in 1912

16,000 Albanians defended Albanian territories from 76,000 Serbian invading troops in 1912

Cited from the publication “Roots of the Insurgency of Kosovo”, page 3:

“About 76,000 Serbian forces entered Kosovo and defeated a disorganized force of 16,000 Turks. As they advanced through Kosovo, Serbians destroyed Albanian villages. Serbia viewed the subjugation of Kosovo in October 1912 as the fulfillment of a historic crusade. Serbian atrocities against Albanians, especially those committed by paramilitary bands called “chetniks,” suggested to some contemporary Western observers that Serbia was bent on a systematic extermination of Kosovo’s Muslim population to transform the ethnic character of Kosovo”.

Source

https://www.ausa.org/sites/default/files/BB-82-Roots-of-the-Insurgency-in-Kosovo.pdf

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