Kosovo Regiment
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| Kosovo Regiment | |
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| Regimenti Kosova | |
| Active | November 1943 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance | Second League of Prizren |
| Size | 1,000 - 1,500 |
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The Kosovo Regiment (Albanian: Regimenti Kosova, Serbian: Косовски пук) was an Axis military unit created after Italian capitulation in November 1943 in Kosovska Mitrovica, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (modern day Kosovo) by Nazi Germany, consisting of local Albanians.[1]
Following the capitulation of Italy from the war, Xhafer Deva helped form a provisional government under German occupation and set up the Second League of Prizren alongside other Albanian nationalists. The Kosovo Regiment was established as military formation of the Second League of Prizren.[2] The regiment was established by the Central Committee of the Second League of Prizren.[3] The Germans entrusted the establishment of the Kosovo Regiment to Bajazit Boletini.[4] The commander of the regiment was Bajazit Boletini, while commanders of regiment's battalions were Rasim Dajči, Jusuf Boletini (Bajazit's brother) and Rizo Agaj.[5]
The number of Albanians who joined this regiment was around 1,000[6] or 1,500.[7]