{"id":7431,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/the-complete-liberation-of-albania-from-nazi-fascist-occupation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:15","slug":"the-complete-liberation-of-albania-from-nazi-fascist-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/the-complete-liberation-of-albania-from-nazi-fascist-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"The complete liberation of Albania from Nazi-Fascist occupation."},"content":{"rendered":"
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This<\/span> date <\/span>marks<\/span> the <\/span>complete<\/span> liberation<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span> from<\/span> the <\/span>Nazi<\/span> occupation<\/span>. As <\/span>soon<\/span> as Tirana <\/span>was<\/span> liberated<\/span> (<\/span>November<\/span> 17, 1944), the <\/span>General<\/span> Command<\/span> ordered<\/span> the <\/span>units<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span> to <\/span>continue<\/span> combat<\/span> operations<\/span> in the <\/span>northern<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>country<\/span>, to <\/span>finish<\/span> the <\/span>complete<\/span> liberation<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> November<\/span> 17, the <\/span>partisan<\/span> forces<\/span> attacked<\/span> the <\/span>enemy<\/span> soldiers<\/span>‘ <\/span>column<\/span> headed<\/span> for<\/span> Kukës <\/span>and<\/span> on<\/span> November<\/span> 18 <\/span>they<\/span> finally<\/span> liberated<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span> of<\/span> Kukës. <\/span>After<\/span> two<\/span> days<\/span>, <\/span>on<\/span> November<\/span> 20, the XXII Brigade <\/span>liberated<\/span> Puka. <\/span>Now<\/span> all <\/span>of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, <\/span>with<\/span> the <\/span>exception<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra, <\/span>was<\/span> liberated<\/span>. <\/span>For<\/span> the <\/span>liberation<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra, the <\/span>last<\/span> city<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> under<\/span> the <\/span>control<\/span> of<\/span> Hitler’s<\/span> forces<\/span>, <\/span>Brigades<\/span> VI, VII, XXII, XXIII <\/span>and<\/span> the <\/span>partisan<\/span> group<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra <\/span>were<\/span> charged<\/span>. <\/span>Fighting<\/span> with<\/span> the <\/span>enemy<\/span> forces<\/span> took<\/span> place<\/span> around<\/span> Shkodra, in <\/span>Postribe,<\/span> in the <\/span>hills<\/span> of<\/span> Drishti<\/span> and<\/span> to the <\/span>left<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kir<\/span> river<\/span>. The <\/span>counterattacks<\/span> that<\/span> the <\/span>German<\/span> troops<\/span> undertook<\/span> on<\/span> November<\/span> 28 <\/span>were<\/span> followed<\/span> with<\/span> heavy<\/span> losses<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> midnight<\/span>, the <\/span>enemy<\/span> forces<\/span> left<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> the <\/span>morning<\/span> of<\/span> November<\/span> 29, <\/span>fighters<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Army<\/span> entered<\/span> free<\/span> Shkodra. <\/span>With<\/span> the <\/span>liberation<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra, the <\/span>complete<\/span> liberation<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>country<\/span> ended<\/span>. <\/span>With<\/span> the <\/span>liberation<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>establishment<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>power<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Front <\/span>throughout<\/span> its<\/span> territory<\/span>, the <\/span>Anti-Fascist<\/span> National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> War<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> people<\/span> ended<\/span>, <\/span>despite<\/span> the <\/span>fact<\/span> that<\/span> partisan<\/span> units<\/span> of<\/span> Division<\/span> V <\/span>and<\/span> Division<\/span> VI <\/span>would<\/span> continue<\/span> fighting<\/span> for<\/span> several<\/span> months<\/span> in the <\/span>territory<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> and<\/span> Yugoslavia<\/span>. <\/span>Thus<\/span>, <\/span>before<\/span> the <\/span>Second<\/span> World<\/span> War<\/span> ended<\/span>, the <\/span>National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> Front <\/span>dominated<\/span> by the <\/span>Communist<\/span> Party<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span> or the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> Labor<\/span> Party<\/span>, as it <\/span>would<\/span> be <\/span>called<\/span> after<\/span> 1948, <\/span>seized<\/span> power<\/span>, <\/span>which<\/span> it <\/span>did<\/span> not share <\/span>with<\/span> any<\/span> other<\/span> political<\/span> force, as it <\/span>happened<\/span> in <\/span>other<\/span> Eastern<\/span> countries<\/span>. In <\/span>summary<\/span>, it <\/span>can<\/span> be <\/span>said<\/span> that<\/span>: <\/span>this<\/span> victory<\/span> was<\/span> achieved<\/span> by the Front <\/span>and<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> Communist<\/span> Party<\/span> thanks<\/span> to the <\/span>full<\/span> commitment<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>forces<\/span> in the <\/span>war<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>liberation<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>country<\/span> from<\/span> the <\/span>foreign<\/span> yoke<\/span>, the <\/span>constant<\/span> promise<\/span> that<\/span> after<\/span> the <\/span>war<\/span> in <\/span>Albania<\/span> a <\/span>democratic<\/span> regime<\/span>, <\/span>thanks<\/span> to<\/span> the <\/span>attitude<\/span> and<\/span> misalignment<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>main<\/span> nationalist<\/span> forces<\/span>, the <\/span>National<\/span> Front <\/span>and<\/span> Legality<\/span>, <\/span>and<\/span> finally<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>support<\/span> they<\/span> had<\/span> from<\/span> the <\/span>Allied<\/span> Powers<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Anti-Fascist<\/span> Coalition<\/span>, <\/span>particularly<\/span> from<\/span> Great<\/span> Britain<\/span>, <\/span>which<\/span> helped<\/span> the <\/span>partisan<\/span> movement<\/span> with<\/span> weapons<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> materials<\/span> necessary<\/span> to <\/span>win<\/span> the <\/span>war<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>photo<\/span>: <\/span>Citizens<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra at the <\/span>celebrations<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>liberation<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span>, 1944.)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span>:<\/span><\/span> The <\/span>history<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> people<\/span> – Vol. IV <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Toena<\/span>“, Tirana, 2009, page 102-103.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>© Central <\/span>State<\/span> Archives<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic<\/span> processing<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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