10 Facts About Prek Cali

Prek Cali, Prenk Cali or Preng Cali, was an Albanian bajraktar of Vermosh, part of the Kelmendi tribe of northern Albania.

Prek Cali was a veteran of the Albanian uprisings and the Balkan Wars.

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

Prek Cali's forces took control over Plav and Gusinje in 1941, before Italian forces occupied it.

Prek Cali participated in the Italian counter-offensive in August 1941, crushing the Uprising in Montenegro.

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

Prek Cali was executed by the Communists on the feast day of Palm Sunday.

In 2000 the monument of Prek Cali was set put in Shkoder.

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

Luigj Martini believes that the claims of cooperation between Chetniks and Prek Cali is Albanian-Yugoslavian communist propaganda.