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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 ...
Military history of Albania during World War II (2 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Albania in World War II" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Born in 1924 as Mariya Limanskaya, she joined the Red Army in 1942, at the height of World War II. She was 18. [3] [4] At that time the Soviet Stavka ("high command") increasingly lacked trained reserves to reinforce the entire 2,000-kilometre (1,200 mi) front, and as a result began to conscript underage boys and girls. [5]
Pages in category "Military history of Albania during World War II" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wings, Women & War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, (2007). ISBN 0-7006-1145-2 Foreword by John Erickson. Pennington, Reina. "Offensive Women: Women in Combat in the Red Army in the Second World War" Journal of Military History, (2010) 74#3 pp 775–820; Sakaida, Henry & Hook, Christina, Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45 (2003).
The liberation of the capital had great political and military significance. It crowned the victory of the Anti-fascist National Liberation War, caused great losses and delayed the withdrawal of German forces. Unit 1 Corps successfully completed the task that was laid Director General Headquarters of UNÇSH.
Albanian soldiers during the Vlora war,1920. After World War I, Albania was still under the occupation of Serbian and Italian forces. It was a rebellion of the respective populations of Northern and Southern Albania that pushed back the Serbs and Italians behind the recognized borders of Albania.
Pennington, Reina. "Offensive Women: Women in Combat in the Red Army in the Second World War" Journal of Military History (2010) 74#3 pp 775–820, with full bibliography; Reese, Roger R. Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought: The Red Army's Military Effectiveness in World War II (2011), ch 11–12 on women in the army. Stoff, Laurie.