Part of the European theatre and Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
Clockwise from top left: Albanian refugees crossing the border to Yugoslavia in April 12, 1939, Ballists and Communists converse during Mukje Agreement 1943, Italian troops in Durrës, Communist Partisans fighting in Tirana 1944, Partisans march through Tirana after occupying it 28 November 1944
Date
1939–29 November 1944
Location
Albania
Result
LANÇ victory
Belligerents
LANÇ
Balli Kombëtar (until 1943)
Legality Movement
Northern Epirus Liberation Front
Italy(until Sep. 1943)
Albania (Italian Protectorate)
Germany(from Sep. 1943)
Albania (German Client)
Balli Kombëtar (from 1943)
Commanders and leaders
Enver Hoxha
Spiro Moisiu
Mehmet Shehu
Haxhi Lleshi
Baba Faja Martaneshi
Midhat Frashëri[a]
Ali Këlcyra[a]
Xhem Hasa[a]†
Safet Butka
Hysni Lepenica †
Abaz Kupi
Ndoc Çoba
Abaz Kupi
Vasileios Sachinis †
Grigorios Lambovitiadis
Victor Emmanuel III
Benito Mussolini
Francesco Jacomoni
Alberto Pariani
Renzo Dalmazzo
Shefqet Verlaci
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
Maliq Bushati
Eqrem Libohova
Adolf Hitler
Theodor Geib
Hermann Neubacher
Josef Fitzthum
Mehdi Frashëri
Rexhep Mitrovica
Fiqri Dine
Ibrahim Biçakçiu
Xhafer Deva
Strength
1942 ~4,000 1944 ~40,000[1]
More than 700,000 Axis troops were stationed[2][3]
Casualties and losses
Around (including civilians) 28,000 killed 12,600 wounded 44,500 imprisoned or deported.[4]
Axis and collaborators: 26,595 killed 21,245 wounded 20,800 prisoners.[4]
Map of Albania during World War II
In Albania, World War II began with its invasion by Italy in April 1939. Fascist Italy set up Albania as its protectorate or puppet state. The resistance was largely carried out by Communist groups against the Italian (until 1943) and then German occupation in Albania. At first independent, the Communist groups united in the beginning of 1942, which ultimately led to the successful liberation of the country in 1944.
The Center for Relief to Civilian Populations (Geneva) reported that Albania was one of the most devastated countries in Europe. 60,000 houses were destroyed and about 10% of the population was left homeless.[citation needed]
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^Dingu, Kadri (2001). Lufta antifashiste nacional çlirimtare (in Albanian). Albania: epopeja e lavdishme e popullit shqiptar. p. 296. ... Ne tetor 1944 forcat partizane kishin arritur mbi 40.000 vete (Albanian), In October 1944, the partisan forces had reached over 40,000 people (English)
^Günther Dahms, Hellmuth (1965). Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs (in German). University of California: R. Wunderlich. p. 199.
^Gjergi, Gjon. "ENVER HOXHA, COMMISSIONER AND COMMANDER OF UNCH, EXCELLED AS A GREAT MILITARY STRATEGIST IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR" (PDF). Anëtar i Byrosë Politike të PKSH. 10: 1.
^ abPearson (2006), p. 418.
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