[4] At the beginning of World War II Prek Cali had between 200[5] and 1,200[6] armed men around Vermosh under his command.

Italian General Alessandro Pirzio Biroli reported that Albanian forces from Vermosh commanded by Cali supported Division Venezia that advanced from Podgorica to insurgent-controlled Kolašin and Andrijevica and re-occupied them despite fierce resistance.

[12] Mehdi Frashëri, the Prime Minister of Albania's Quisling government under Nazi Germany, believed that after Cali's death, Albanian and Yugoslav communists disseminated stories about Prëk Cali being a fascist, enemy of Albania, and secret supporter of Chetniks.

Frashëri believed such accounts were untrue because Cali and his whole family fought together with the Kelmendi tribe against 800 Serbian partisans, and in August 1912 protected the northern borders of Albania.

[14] Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992) mentioned Cali in his short story Posljednje brdo (1967)[15] and novel Pramen Tame (1979),[16] and included him in his collection of memoirs.