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Kurtez ambush
Part of the Albanian Resistance of World War II
Date
August 12, 1943
Location
Kurtez, Albania
Result
Ballist victory
Belligerents
Balli Kombëtar
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Qemal Burimi David Smiley
Unknown
Strength
200
250
Casualties and losses
None
30–35 killed 4 trucks 1 field gun
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World War II in Albania
1939
Italian invasion
1940
Korytsa
Himara
Saranda
1941
Klisura Pass
Trebeshina
Hill 731
Italian spring offensive
Karadak–Gollak
1943
Gjorm
Leskovik
Përmet
Tepelena
Kurtez
Tirana and Kruja
Reç
German invasion
Drashovica
Pezë
1944
Draufgänger
Preševo
Kosovo
Tirana
The Kurtez ambush occurred on August 12, 1943, near the village of Kurtez in the Kolonjë District of Korçë County in southeastern Albania. It was carried out by Balli Kombëtar during the Albanian Resistance of World War II. Two hundred local Balli Kombëtar militants, commanded by Qemal Burimi and David Smiley, ambushed a German convoy and a troop carrier, inflicting heavy losses on the German troops.[1]
^Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945. I.B.Tauris. p. 266. ISBN 1-84511-104-4.
The Kurtezambush occurred on August 12, 1943, near the village of Kurtez in the Kolonjë District of Korçë County in southeastern Albania. It was carried...
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Global Information
Balli Kombëtar
Germany