National Liberation Movement (Albania)

National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement
National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement
Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacionale Çlirimtare
Leaders	Enver Hoxha
Dates of operation	1942–1945
Headquarters	Pezë
Active regions	Axis-occupied Albania
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Anti-fascism; Republicanism
Size	100,000
Allies	Yugoslav Partisans; EAM; Soviet Union; United Kingdom
Opponents	Germany; Italy; Albanian Kingdom; Balli Kombëtar; Legaliteti
Battles and wars	Albania in World War II

The National Liberation Movement (Albanian: Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare; or Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacional-Çlirimtare (LANÇ)),^[1] was an Albanian communist resistance organization that fought in World War II. It was created on 16 September 1942, in a conference held in Pezë, a village near Tirana, and was led by Enver Hoxha.

References

↑ Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity, C Hurst & Co Publishers, 1997 p. 291

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[1] Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity, C Hurst & Co Publishers, 1997 p. 291

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