National Liberation Movement (Albania)
Appearance
National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement | |
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Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacionale Çlirimtare | |
File:Flag of Albanian National Liberation Movement.svg | |
Leaders | Enver Hoxha |
Dates of operation | 1942–1945 |
Headquarters | Pezë |
Active regions | Axis-occupied Albania |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascism Republicanism |
Size | 100,000 |
Allies | File: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 |
Opponents | File: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 wars | Albania 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]
- ↑ Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity, C Hurst & Co Publishers, 1997 p. 291