Ohrid–Debar uprising

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).

Ohrid–Debar Uprising
Part of the aftermath of the Second Balkan War
Date23 September 1913–7 October 1913
Location
Result

Serbo-Greek victory

  • Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
IMRO
Kachaks
 Serbia
 Greece
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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