Military history of North Macedonia

Their political and military operation lasted until 23 November 1944 when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was established.

During the Greek Civil War the National Liberation Front, was created by ethnic Macedonian members of ELAS and DSE.

[1] During the breakup of Yugoslavia these forces acted as a predecessor to today's military of the Republic of North Macedonia by taking over the control of the military bases and borders from the retreating Yugoslav People's Army.

The 2001 insurgency was a short-lived civil conflict between ethnic Albanian militants of the NLA and special police and military forces of the Republic of Macedonia.

The conflict, which ended with the disarmament of the Albanian militia, resulted in 64 Macedonian military killed in action.