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National Liberation Movement (Albania)

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National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement
Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacionale Çlirimtare
LeadersEnver Hoxha
Dates of operation1942–1945
HeadquartersPezë
Active regionsAxis-occupied Albania
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-fascism
Republicanism
Size100,000
AlliesFile:Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg Yugoslav Partisans
File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg EAM
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
OpponentsFile:Flag of Nazi Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
File:Flag of Albania (1943–1944).svg Albanian Kingdom
Balli Kombëtar
Legaliteti
Battles and warsAlbania in World War II

The National Liberation Movement (Albanian: Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare; or Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacional-Çlirimtare (LANÇ)),[1] was an Albanian communist resistance organization that fought in World War II. It was created on 16 September 1942, in a conference held in Pezë, a village near Tirana, and was led by Enver Hoxha.

References[change]

  1. Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity, C Hurst & Co Publishers, 1997 p. 291