U.S. Military in Kosovo › Camp Bondsteel and Monteith in Kosovo
Camp Bondsteel is quite large: 955 acres or 360,000 square meters. If you were to run the outer perimeter, it is about 7 miles. Bondsteel is located on rolling hills and farmland near the city of Ferizaj/Urosevac. There are about…
U.S. Military in Kosovo – Task Force Falcon – Monteith Camp
Camp Monteith is just outside of the downtown area of Gnjilane, so it has the feel of an urban commuter college, with a central courtyard where the majority of the staff offices are. Camp Monteith was a military base in…
Bush speech to troops in Camp Bondsteel Kosovo
Following is a transcript of remarks by U.S. President George W. Bush to U.S. troops in Kosovo. President George W. Bush speaks to U.S. soldiers and troops from other NATO nations at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo on July 24, 2001….
The changing shape of Yugoslavia (1815-1999)
Since the 19th century, the history of Yugoslavia has been a series of partitions, break-ups, and regional or international wars. In 1815 only Montenegro was an independent principality, while the other provinces were still under Ottoman or Austro-Hungarian rule. The…
Wo liegt Kosovo überhaupt?
Der Kosovo liegt in Binnenlage im Zentrum der Balkanhalbinsel. Er grenzt im Südwesten an Albanien, im Nordwesten an Montenegro, im Norden und Osten an Serbien bzw. Zentralserbien und im Südosten an Nordmazedonien. Tektonisch sind die Einebnungen des Amselfeldes und Metochiens…
Historical Maps of The Balkans
Historical Maps of The Balkans – Balkans, Ethnic Majorities, Yugoslavia, Former, Ethnic Majorities, Balkan States – Central Balkan Region. Macedonia, Thracia, Illyria, Moesia et Dacia [Ancient Balkans] Europe – Crusades Era includes Balkans – Boundaries of Serbia from 1196-present. Europe…
Operation Allied Force – NATO Air strikes against Yugoslavia
Operation Allied Force was the military response of NATO to the 1999 Kosovo crisis, and the first major combat operation in NATO history. On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an attack on Yugoslavia, making good on a long-standing threat to…
Pristina Police Station Holds Tools of Torture – June 18, 1999
June 17 – What happened in the dank cellar of the Mahalla e Muhaxhereve police station in downtown Pristina remains unknown. But when Serbian Interior Ministry police shed their blue-gray uniforms and abandoned the building as British troops took control…
NATO Peace Force Hastens Into Kosovo – June 12, 1999
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, June 12 (Saturday) – NATO troops rolled into Kosovo near dawn today to begin the allied occupation of the shattered province, hours after a convoy of Russian military vehicles stunned Western leaders and apparently even officials in Moscow…
Photo Library – NATO in Kosovo – 12 June 1999 [Updated]
NATO in Kosovo – In the early hours of 12 June 1999 contingents from many countries entered Kosovo under the insignia of KFOR and started the NATO-led mission that marks today its 21st anniversary. Operation Allied Force was the military…