Bilall Dreshaj
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Bilall Dreshaj (1910–1987), better known as Biko, was an ethnic Albanian military leader and Nazi collaborationist in Kosovo and Novi Pazar in Yugoslavia.
He was born in the village of Glogovik, Tutin, the part of the Ottoman Empire. During World War II he fought in the Battle for Novi Pazar against the communists and the Chetniks.[1]
World War II
[edit | edit source]Bilall Dreshaj and his men were legalized to the occupier by Aćif Hadžiahmetović, Sandzak collaborationist mayor of Novi Pazar,On October 5 Dreshaj enter the city with noise and gunfire and put themselves under command of local authorities.[2] Billal Dreshaj with his brother Deko lead attack on villages of Gračane, Doljane and Zabrđe on November 2, which their troops burnt down, killing 11 Serbs in the action.[3]
During the Battle of Novi Pazar, Dreshaj's men defended the left wing of the main column.[clarification needed][4] He was one of the main organisers of protests against arrival of Milan Nedić's troops in Novi Pazar during November 1942.[5] Later in the war, Dreshaj became an officer in the Hilfspolizei.[6]
References
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- ^ Živković 2017, p. 228.
- ^ Živković 2017, p. 240.
- ^ Živković 2017, p. 246.
- ^ Živković 2017, p. 639.
- ^ Živković 2017, p. 1069.
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- 1910 births
- 1987 deaths
- Albanian mass murderers
- Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy
- Albanian collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Yugoslav collaborators with Fascist Italy
- Yugoslav collaborators with Nazi Germany
- People from Tutin, Serbia
- War criminals of World War II
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