Insurgency in Karadak–Gollak (1941–1951)

Insurgency in Karadak-Gollak
	Part of World War II in Yugoslavia and the post-war era
	; In 1941, Kosovo is occupied by the Bulgarian forces, with the Karadak region under Bulgarian control, and the area of Gollak occupied by the German military administration.
Date	First phase:; 1941–7 September 1944. ; Second phase:; 14 November 1944 – 6 June 1951
Location	Karadak and Gollak regions, Bulgaria, SFR Yugoslavia ; Modern-day Kosovo, Serbia and North Macedonia
Result	First Phase: Ballist victory; the Albanian forces successfully repelled attacks and gained control over significant territories in the Karadak-Gollak region and surrounding areas.; Second Phase: Yugoslav–Bulgarian victory; the Yugoslav and Bulgarian forces decisively pushed back Albanian resistance, leading to the expulsion of Ballist and Kachak forces from key strategic positions in the region.;
Belligerents
1944–1945; Albania; Balli Kombëtar; Kachaks; Germany	1944–1945; Bulgaria; Yugoslav Partisans; Chetniks
1946–1951; Ballist dissidents; Kachak dissidents	1946–1951; SFR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Mulla Idriz Gjilani †; Sulë Hotla ; Mulla Nuredin Maxhera †; Hasan Ali Remniku †; Limon Staneci; Alexander Löhr	Vladimir Stoychev; Kiril Stanchev; Mile Čalović; Tomica Popović
Strength
Over 2000 rebels; 3 Divisions	5 Divisions; 2 Divisions
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	ca. 1,200 Albanian civilians killed; 3.000-4.000 Albanians displaced

The insurgency in Karadak–Gollak, also known as the War in Eastern Kosovo (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës Lindore),, was a series of Albanian riots in the Karadak and Gollak regions with spillover into the Anamorava regions. Initially directed against Bulgarian, German, and Italian occupation following the Invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, it later targeted the Yugoslav Partisans who were attempting to gain control of the area.

In early October 1951, amidst the post-war era, the state security service of Yugoslavia (UDBA) sought to eliminate Hasan Remniku and Mustafa Kokaj, the last of the Ballist and Kachak rebel leaders. UDBA agents, disguised as individuals offering assistance to smuggle Kokaj and Remniku across the border into Albania, lured them into an ambush set up by Yugoslav forces on October 6, 1951. The ensuing three-day confrontation between Yugoslav and Ballist forces resulted in the deaths of Kokaj, Remniku, and the majority of their soldiers.

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