Battles of Kika and Velegllava | |||||||
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Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Balli Kombetar Support: Germany | Yugoslav Partisans | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mulla Idriz Gjilani Limon Staneci Abdi Gjoka † Bajram Poliça † Nazim Budrika Islam Shahiqi † | unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Ballists from Gollak |
First battle: Second battle: | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
First battle: 300-400 soldiers Second battle: unknown |
First battle: 500-600 soldiers Second battle: 3,000-3,500 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
First battle: 17 killed Second battle: 34 killed |
First battle: 344 killed 340 POW |
The Battles of Kika and Velegllava were fought first on 28 June 1944 and later again on 26 July 1944, during World War II, between Yugoslav Partisans and Balli Kombëtar forces, in the territory of German occupied Albania.