Kosovo after WWI

Kosovo after WWI

​Teacher: Mr. Hasani

​Kosovo during 1918

• ​Two main occupied zones;

• Entente won the war;

• Return of the Serbian army in Kosovo 1918;

• The social situation in Kosovo at that time.

Committee "National Defense of Kosovo"

• ​The political situation in Kosovo during 1918;

• 1 May 1918, the creature of "National Defense of Kosovo" (alb: Mbrojtja Kombetare e Kosoves);

• The leader of this committee was Hoxhe Kadri Prishtina;

• The main city where they had their office was city of Shkoder;

​Committee "National Defense of Kosovo"

• ​Members of this committee were: Bedri Pejani, Hasan Prishtina, Avni Rrustemi, etc;

• Their main objective?

• Their activity can be divided into two main ways:

  1. Diplomatic way;

  2. Military way.

• The main leaders of the uprisings were: Azem and Shote Galica.

Places where the committee has organized armed uprisings

​Azem and Shote Galica

SCS against "Kosovo Defense Committee"

• ​The war organized in detachments gave its successes;

• A large number of territories in Kosovo were liberated;

• The reaction of SCS was terrible;

• In 1924 the SCS army killed Azem Galica, and retake control of Kosovo;