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Vlora incident
Part of the Cold War and Albanian–Soviet split
Withdrawal of the Soviet Navy from Pasha Liman Base, Vlora (1961)
The Albanian Army seized control of the Soviet Naval Base
Belligerents
Albania
Soviet Union Supported by: North Korea[1] Warsaw Pact:[2][3]
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Commanders and leaders
Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Beqir Balluku
Nikita Khrushchev Aleksei Antonov[5] Andrei Grechko[6]
Units involved
Albanian Armed Forces Albanian Naval Force
Soviet Armed Forces 40th Naval Infantry Brigade KGB
Strength
6,000 soldiers[7] and dozens of artillery[8]
4,000 soldiers and technicians[9]
Casualties and losses
none
Material losses seized by the Albanian Army 4 submarines 5 Komsomolets torpedo boats[10] 4 defence ships 8 minesweepers 1 degaussing ship 2 tanks 1 Torpedo (Project 368T) 1 dive boat[11] Military casualties: Soviet transport ship was shot by cannon and destroyed Soviet group was killed[5] several Soviet sailors were killed by Albanian soldiers[12]
The Vlora incident was a military attack by Albania against the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean Sea in 1961.[13][14] It was a significant event in the history of Albania; it marked the culmination of political and military tensions between Albania and the Soviet Union, which led to the expulsion of Soviet forces from Albania.
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^"CIA: Ja pse Moska ngriti bazat e saj ushtarake në Sazan dhe kapacitetet ushtarake që kishte Shqipëria, arsyet e shkarkimit të Beqir Ballukut". sot.com.al. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
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^D.C., German Historical Institute (Washington) (1998-10-28). 1968: The World Transformed. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64637-6.
^The Soviet naval threat to Europe : military and political dimensions. Bruce W. Watson, Susan M. Watson. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE. 2020. ISBN 978-0-429-31478-0. OCLC 1135666648. The expulsion was particularly unpleasant as the Albanians shot and killed several Soviet sailors and seized some Soviet Whiskey submarines{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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^Abstracts, Russian and East European Series. ABSEES. 1971.
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Global Information
Albania
Soviet Union
North Korea[1]
Warsaw Pact:[2][3] 
Aleksei Antonov[5]
Albanian Armed Forces
Albanian Naval Force
40th Naval Infantry Brigade
KGB
