Uprisings 1942 1943 1944 1945 1940 1941 1943 1944 The Battle of Desivojca took place on 19 December 1944 during World War II, between Yugoslav Partisans and Balli Kombëtar forces, in the territory of German occupied Albania.

On 1 December 1944, during a meeting in Tërpezë (Viti), it was decided that all Albanian nationalist forces (Ballists), who were collaborators of Nazi Germany,[1] should unite to liberate and safeguard Gjilan and Ferizaj from the atrocities committed by the Partisans and Chetniks.

[2] The committee included resistance unit commanders from Gollak and Karadak, such as Xheladin Kurbalia, Jusuf Baftjari, Ymer Myqybaba, Sylë Hotla, and others, aiming to swiftly implement defensive measures against Partisan-Chetnik attacks along the border of Eastern Kosovo.

[6] In response, a considerable number of Ballists, led by Mulla Idriz Gjilani and Hoxhe Lipovica, mobilized from the mountainous terrain to come to the aid of the villagers.

[2][6] On December 20, 1944, Ballist forces, under the command of Sylë Zarbica, launched a swift assault on the Partisans from the North, while Riza Shkodra led an attack from the south.