National Liberation Movement (Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare, LNC)

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The National Liberation Movement (Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare, LNC) was the principal communist-led partisan organization that spearheaded Albania’s armed struggle against Axis occupation during World War II and laid the foundations for the postwar socialist state.

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instanceOf World War II resistance movement
communist organization
partisan organization
resistance movement
activeDuring World War II
aim establishment of a socialist state in Albania
liberation of Albania from Axis occupation
alliedWith Allied powers
Yugoslav Partisans
country Albania
foundedBy Communist Party of Albania
hasPoliticalLegacy Albanian Party of Labour
headquartersLocation Albania
historicalPeriod 1940s
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
influencedBy Comintern strategy
Yugoslav Communist Party
leader Enver Hoxha
militaryWingOf Communist Party of Albania
nativeName Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare
notableCommander Enver Hoxha
Koçi Xoxe
Mehmet Shehu
opposedTo Albanian collaborationist forces
Axis powers
Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
organizedAs front organization
partisan army
partOf Albanian resistance during World War II
politicalPosition far-left
politicalWingOf Communist Party of Albania
precededBy early communist and nationalist resistance groups in Albania
recognizedAs principal resistance force in Albania during World War II
resultedIn communist takeover of power in Albania in 1944
roleIn foundation of postwar socialist regime in Albania
shortName LNC
significantBattle operations against German occupation forces in Albania
operations against Italian occupation forces in Albania
significantEvent Albanian National Liberation War
linked to: Albanian resistance
startTime 1942
successor Democratic Government of Albania
People's Republic of Albania
territorialScope entire territory of Albania
usedLanguage Albanian
usedTactic guerrilla warfare
political mobilization of the population
sabotage

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Albanian resistance participant National Liberation Movement (Lëvizja Nacionalçlirimtare, LNC)