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ALBANIAN UNITS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR IBD

SOLDIERSHOP
10 / 2023
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Sinopsis

On 16 April 1939 Victor Emmanuel III received the Crown of Albania at the Quirinal Palace.The 'Land of the Eagles' and Fascist Italy would thus share a common destiny. Institutional changes were accompanied by the integration of the Albanian armed forces into the Italian ones.Albania managed to recreate an autonomous yet small armyáonly after the Armistice of 8 September 1943.From that date the Germans,áinterested in controlling the territory and safeguarding the neutrality of the Balkan State, relied on the support of local anti-partisan militias and proceeded to recruit a few thousand Albanians, many of whom were Kosovars, into mountain units of theWaffen-SS.On the opposing side the Albanian Resistance, which also counted in its ranks various formations made up of Italian soldiers, strengthened gradually.

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