Draft:Battle of Dibra

Battle of Dibra
	Part of World War II in Albania
Date	6 July – 30 August 1944
Location	Dibra, Albania
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
LANÇ; Yugoslav Partisans; Air Support:; United Kingdom	Germany; Balli Kombëtar; Legality Movement
Commanders and leaders
Mehmet Shehu	Martin Schliep; Xhem Hasa; Halil Alia
Units involved
1st Assault Division; 2nd Macedonian Brigade; Royal Air Force	100th Jäger Division; 297th Infantry Division; SS Skanderbeg
Strength
4,000–5,000 soldiers; Beaufighters	unknown; unknown; 800–1,000
Casualties and losses
+30 wounded	400 dead; 300 missing

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The Battle of Dibra (Albanian: Beteja e Dibrës; German: Schlacht von Dibra) took place from 6 July to 30 August 1944, during the German occupation of Albania. German forces and Albanian collaborationist troops, acting independently but with aligned objectives, drove the Albanian Partisans (LANÇ) led by Mehmet Shehu out of Dibra. With British air support, the Partisans regrouped and recaptured the town after a failed German counteroffensive.

Background

In early July, shortly before the Battle of Dibra, a brigade from the 1st Battalion of the Albanian Partisans attacked the town of Peshkopi, located 25 kilometers north of Dibra. At the time, Peshkopi was held by a joint German and Albanian collaborator force. Fighting began around 3 PM, with the partisans managing to maintain their positions despite repeated attacks by German and Albanian forces. The battle continued until dusk, when the partisans withdrew. Initially, the partisans reported no casualties, but after the withdrawal, they suffered one killed and one wounded. The German-Albanian forces sustained 26 casualties, including both killed and wounded.^[2]

Battle

Aftermath

References

^ Bethell, Nicholas (2016-03-08). The Albanian Operation of the CIA and MI6, 1949-1953: Conversations with Participants in a Venture Betrayed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6379-1. And after that battle I personally looked after 30 partisan wounded, with absolutely no medicine, men lying there that one could do nothing for, mangled and with broken limbs.
^ Bailey, Roderick (2011-10-31). The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-9954-2.

[1] Bethell, Nicholas (2016-03-08). The Albanian Operation of the CIA and MI6, 1949-1953: Conversations with Participants in a Venture Betrayed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6379-1. And after that battle I personally looked after 30 partisan wounded, with absolutely no medicine, men lying there that one could do nothing for, mangled and with broken limbs.

[2] Bailey, Roderick (2011-10-31). The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-9954-2.

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