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The German occupation of Albania occurred between 1943 and 1944 during World War II. Before the armistice between Italy and the Allied armed forces on 8 September 1943, Albania had been in a de jure personal union with and was de facto under the control of the Kingdom of Italy .
Units of the German army operating under Army Group F, led by Field Marshal Baron Maximilian von Weichs, invaded Albania on September 9 at 4AM, based on a plan formulated a mere three days prior. General Hubert Lanz commanded three divisions of the 21st Corps, which swiftly advanced through Albania. The invading forces encountered opposition ...
World War II in Albania; Part of the European theatre and Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 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 occupying it 28 ...
Italian Albania; Nazi Germany (From 1943) German Albania; Balli Kombëtar (From 1943) Second League of Prizren (From 1943) Albanian Communist Victory. Liberation of Albania from Axis occupation. Balli Kombëtar defeated. Albania becomes a Communist state. The Kelmend uprising (1945) People's Socialist Republic of Albania: Kelmendi tribesmen: PR ...
German soldiers in Albania. After Italy was defeated by the Allies, Germany occupied Albania in September 1943, dropping paratroopers into Tirana before the Albanian guerrillas could take the capital, and the German army soon drove the guerrillas into the hills and to the south. Berlin subsequently announced it would recognize the independence ...
1941 April 24 — The Bulgarian Occupation zone and the territory to be annexed into Italian Albania is agreed upon after multiple meetings with Germany. [25] 1941 May 3 — Italy issues a Royal Degree, annexing parts of Slovenia as the Province of Ljubljana. [26] 1941 May 14 — Bulgaria annexes the occupied areas of Greece. [27]
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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.