Albanian resistance

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The Albanian resistance was a World War II anti-Axis movement in Albania, involving various partisan and nationalist groups fighting occupation forces and shaping the country’s postwar political future.

Aliases (2)
  • Albanian National Liberation War ×1
  • Albanian partisans ×1

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II resistance movement
anti-Axis movement
conflict World War II
consequence creation of the People’s Republic of Albania
country Albania
endTime 1944
goal establishment of a new political order in Albania
expulsion of German occupation forces
expulsion of Italian occupation forces
hasPart National Liberation Army of Albania
regional partisan detachments
historicalPeriod Axis occupation of Albania
ideology Albanian nationalism
communism (for main partisan wing)
influencedBy Yugoslav Partisans
language Albanian
location Albania
notableCommander Enver Hoxha
Mehmet Shehu
opponent Balli Kombëtar (when civil conflict occurred)
Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
collaborationist Albanian regimes
participant Albanian Communist Party
Albanian partisans
Balli Kombëtar
Legaliteti (monarchist movement)
National Liberation Movement (Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare, LNC)
partOf European resistance movements during World War II
relatedTo Greek Resistance
Italian resistance movement
Yugoslav Partisans
result establishment of communist rule in Albania
liberation of most of Albania from Axis forces
significantEvent Albanian civil conflict between communists and nationalists
German occupation of Albania
Italian invasion of Albania
liberation of Tirana
withdrawal of German forces from Albania
startTime 1941
supportedBy Allied powers
tactic ambushes of occupation forces
guerrilla warfare
sabotage of Axis infrastructure
theaterOfOperations Balkans

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Balkan theatre of World War II ("Albanian National Liberation War")
hasPart
European resistance movements
included
Albanian resistance ("Albanian partisans")
participant

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