Committee of the Mountains
| Committee of the Mountains | |
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| Komiteti i Maleve | |
| Leaders | Gjon Markagjoni Ndue Markagjoni Mark Markagjoni Sander "Llesh" Markagjoni Ndue Pjeter Gjomarkaj Ndue Gjon Melyshi |
| Dates of operation | 1945–1950 |
| Dissolved | 1950 |
| Active regions | Mirdita |
| Ideology | Albanian nationalism Anti-communism Traditionalism Catholic social teaching |
| Opponents | People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
| Organization(s) | Free Albania National Committee |
| Anti-Communist Resistance in Mirditë | |||||||
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| Part of the Cold War, Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Beqir Ndou Bardhok Biba X Pal Mëlyshi † |
Gjon Markagjoni (Political Leader) Ndue Markagjoni Mark Markagjonii † Sander "Llesh" Markagjoni † Ndue Gjon Melyshi | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Sigurimi | Free Albania National Committee | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 12,000 Albanian Anti-Communists (Mostly Landowners, Merchants and Catholics) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
300 Sent to Labour Camps, Prison or deported 14 Executed | ||||||
| 3 Teachers Killed by Anti-Communists | |||||||
The Committee of the Mountains (Albanian: Komiteti i Maleve), also the National Committee of the Mountains (Albanian: Komiteti Kombëtar i Maleve) was an Albanian anti-communist underground organization active in the northern Mirdita region in the second half of the 1940s. Created on the basis of the Mirdita clan of Markagjoni. It advocated for Albanian nationalism, traditional values and right-wing ideologies. The Committee led an armed struggle against the ruling Communist Party of Albania, and committed a number of attacks, assaults against the Communist state.