Operation MH

Operation MH
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia and Battle of Tetovo
Date25–27 March 2001
Location
Result Macedonian government victory
Territorial
changes
  • Macedonian government regains control over all of Tetovo region-held NLA territory at that time
  • Macedonian security forces seize weapons, ammunition and uniforms
Belligerents
 Macedonia National Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Boris Trajkovski
Pande Petrovski
Ljube Boškoski
Gëzim Ostreni
Samidin Xhezairi
Rahim Beqiri
Hamdi Nëdrecaj
Units involved
Strength
200+ soldiers and policemen
2+ T-55 tanks
APCs
2 MI-24 helicopters
300–700 militants
Casualties and losses
2 soldiers wounded
1 APC lightly damaged
1 policeman wounded
Unknown
20 Albanian civilians wounded

Operation MH (Macedonian: Операција МХ) was the first major offensive by the combined forces of the Macedonian Army and police forces in the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. The goal of the operation was to dislodge the NLA forces which were entrenched in Tetovo and the hills and villages in its vicinity.