Dibran Wars (1912–1921)

Dibran Wars
Part of The Interwar period, Albanian-Yugoslav border war (1921), World War I and the Balkan Wars
Date1912–1921
Location
Dibër, Peshkopi, Kosovo, Mirdita, Albania, Yugoslavia
Result

Albanian victory

  • Yugoslav forces retreat from the border in 1913.
  • Yugoslavia fails to invade Albania.
  • Defeat of the Yugoslav policy of military engagement in Albania
  • Recognition of Albanian independence and sovereignty by Yugoslavia
Belligerents
Albanian irregulars from Dibër
Principality of Albania (1921)

Kingdom of Serbia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1921)

Greek volunteers (War in 1920)
Commanders and leaders
Elez Isufi
Bajram Curri
Demir Lena
Cen Elezi
Sufë Xhelili
Jashar Erebara
Ramiz Dibra
Ramiz Daci
Diplomatic support:
Hasan Prishtina
Sulejman Delvina		 Peter I of Serbia
Strength
Unknown
War of 1920:
3,000+ militants		 Unknown
War of 1920:
13,500 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Hundreds Uprising in Lumë:
2,000 men
6–9 battalions
(According to Ottoman reports)
War of 1920:
1,000 soldiers killed
2,000 captured

The Dibran Wars (Albanian: Luftërat Dibrane) were a series of armed uprisings and military attacks by Albanian Dibrans on Yugoslav and Serbian forces in a 9-year period between 1912 and 1921 in modern-day North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.

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