German occupation of Albania

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The German occupation of Albania was the World War II period (1943–1944) when Nazi Germany controlled Albania, prompting widespread resistance and shaping the country’s wartime and postwar political trajectory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in World War II ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
collaborationistGovernment Albanian National Committee ⓘ
Regency Council of Albania ⓘ
conflict Albanian Resistance during World War II ⓘ
linked to: Albanian resistance
continent Europe ⓘ
country Albania ⓘ
effectOnSubject strengthening of communist partisans ⓘ
weakening of nationalist groups ⓘ
endTime 1944-11 ⓘ
followedBy establishment of communist rule in Albania ⓘ
hasCause German strategic interest in the Balkans ⓘ
collapse of Fascist Italy ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to establishment of People’s Republic of Albania ⓘ
shaped postwar political order in Albania ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalSources Albanian ⓘ
German ⓘ
location Albania ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
parts of Montenegro ⓘ
western Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Western Macedonia
militaryUnitInvolved SS units ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
notableCommander Alexander Löhr ⓘ
Lothar Rendulic ⓘ
occupyingPower Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Albanian partisans ⓘ
Balli Kombëtar ⓘ
National Liberation Movement of Albania ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
partOf Axis occupation of the Balkans ⓘ
Balkan campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Campaign

World War II in Albania ⓘ
persecutedGroup Albanian partisans ⓘ
Jews in Albania ⓘ
policy anti‑partisan operations ⓘ
deportation of Jews ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
precededBy Italian occupation of Albania ⓘ
result power seizure by Albanian communists ⓘ
withdrawal of German forces from Albania ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Tirana (1944) ⓘ
German retreat through Albania (late 1944) ⓘ
startEvent Italian armistice of September 1943 ⓘ
startTime 1943-09 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Albanian resistance → significantEvent → German occupation of Albania ⓘ
Treaties of Nazi Germany → hasPart → German–Italian agreements on the occupation zones in Albania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of Albania
Army Group F → participatedIn → Axis occupation of Albania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of Albania