Albanian resistance during World War II
| Albanian Resistance of World War II | |||||||
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| Part 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 liberating it 28 November 1944 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 United Kingdom
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 Kingdom of Italy (from 1939 to 1943) Nazi Germany (from 1943 to 1944) Kingdom of Albania (puppet state) Balli Kombëtar (from September 1943 to November 1944) |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Enver Hoxha Spiro Moisiu Mehmet Shehu Qemal Stafa † Haxhi Lleshi Safet Butka  Baba Faja Martaneshi Abaz Kupi Hysni Lepenica †
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Alberto Pariani Hermann Neubacher Shefqet Verlaci (1939–1941) Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (1941–1943) Eqrem Libohova (January–February and May–September 1943) Maliq Bushati (February–May 1943) |
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| Strength | |||||||
| From ~4,000 in 1942 to ~70,000 regular (partisans) and irregular (territorial troops) in November 1944. | More than 600,000 troops, stationed or passed through Albania during the period 1939–1944. | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Around (including civilians) 28,000 killed, 12,600 wounded and 44,500 imprisoned or deported. | 26,595 killed, 21,245 wounded and 20,800 prisoners.(Italian and German casualties) | ||||||
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LNÇ Legality Movement Balli Kombëtar (some factions, up to September 1943)
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Francesco Jacomoni Franco Clementi †
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