LANÇ counter-offensive in Albania (1944)
| LANÇ counter-offensive in Albania | |||||||
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| Part of World War II in Albania and the Albanian Civil War (1943–1944) | |||||||
Albanian Partisans marching in liberated Tirana | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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LANÇ Support: Royal Air Force Bulgaria Yugoslav Partisans |
Germany Balli Kombëtar | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Spiro Moisiu |
Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Löhr Mit'hat Frashëri Ali Këlcyra | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 40,000 men |
700,000+ troops stationed (way less participated in combat) | ||||||
The LANÇ counter-offensive in Albania during 1944 was a large-scale counter-offensive organized by the National Liberation Movement of Albania with the goal of liberating Albania from German occupation and recapture their lands lost during the German offensive in the winter of 1943-44, as well as defeat the nationalist Balli Kombëtar.