LANÇ counter-offensive in Albania (1944)
| 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 (most not involved in combat) | ||||||
The 1944 LANÇ counter-offensive in Albania was a large-scale counter-offensive organized by the National Liberation Movement of Albania with the goal of liberating Albania from German occupation, recapturing ground lost during the German winter offensive of 1943–44, and defeating the nationalist Balli Kombëtar who had been collaborating with the occupying German forces.