Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname "KATANA", was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action during the Battle of Košare. After the war, he was declared Hero of Kosovo. Biography Agim Ramadani was born on 3 May 1963 in the village of Žegra located in the Karadak Highlands in the municipality of Gnjilane in AP Kosovo. His Family originally hails from Depce near Preševo. He studied at the higher technical school in Gnjilane in 1980, and the Military Academy for communications in Zagreb, SR Croatia. Poetry and painting were his passions during high school. His poetry was published in literary magazines, whereas painting exhibitions were organized in Croatia, where he worked as a JNA officer, and in Switzerland, where lived after the Croatian War broke out. In 1998 Ramadani accepted honorary membership at the European Academy of Arts. In 1998, Ramadani left Switzerland, where his wife and three children (two sons and a daughter) lived, and joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He died at the Battle of Košare. Kosovo War With the Outbreak of the Kosovo War, Ramadani joined the Kosovo Liberation Army, where he immediately became a commander in the Operational Zone of Dukagjin. His first Military action happened on 9 August 1998 in the village of Oplazë (Serbian: Опляз, romanized: Opljaz), where he successfully defeated the Yugoslav forces killing 17-20 Yugoslav Soldiers aswell as 2 Yugoslav Army officers. His next Operation against Yugoslav forces happened on a Yugoslav Military Outpost and Watchtower near the Đeravica Mountain on 15 September 1998. Again the Yugoslav forces suffered a heavy defeat, with one of the heaviest Death tolls during the War at that time. Agim Ramadanis Attack left 40 Yugoslav Soldiers dead and 20 wounded. In his next Operation codenamed "Operation Fenix" on 30 September 1998 he attacked Yugoslav Army positions near the Košare Military Base. Again the Operation ended with an victory for Ramadani's brigade, killing 6 Yugoslav soldiers, wounding another 6, destroying 1 Tank and 1 APC. On 9 April 1999 Ramadani, together with 136 Soldiers under his command crossed the Albanian-Yugoslav border near Košare and attacked Yugoslav Forces numbering 300 Soldiers, starting the bloodiest Battle in the entire Kosovo War. The fighting on the first day lasted 24 hours and