Ohrid–Debar uprising
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The Ohrid–Debar uprising (Macedonian: Охридско-Дебaрско вoстание, romanized: Ohridsko-Debarsko vostanie; Bulgarian: Охридско-Дебърско въстание, romanized: Ohridsko-Debarsko vastanie; Albanian: Kryengritja e Ohrit dhe Dibrës) was an uprising by the population in Western Macedonia, then Kingdom of Serbia, in September 1913. It was organized by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and Albania against the Serbian capture of the regions of Ohrid, Debar and Struga after the Balkan Wars (1912–13).
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Ohrid–Debar Uprising | |||||||
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Part of the aftermath of the Second Balkan War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
IMRO Kachaks |
Serbia Greece[1] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Todor Aleksandrov Isa Boletini Petar Chaulev Milan Matov Ismail Strazimiri Anton Shibakov Elez Isufi |
Radomir Putnik Vasilije Trbić Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown 6,000 rebels |
100,000 soldiers Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Thousands killed 30,000 Bulgarians fled to Bulgaria 25,000 Albanians fled to Albania |
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